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Aganaster

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae

Taxonomy
Aganaster was named by Miller and Gurley (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l]. Its type is Protaster gregarius. It is the type genus of Aganasteridae.

It was assigned to Ophiurinidae by Owen (1965); to Aganasterinae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Aganasteridae by Stürtz (1899), Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1925), Jell (1997); and to Ophiurida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. fujianensis, A. gregarius, A. huaanensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. jagiellonicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Aganaster Miller and Gurley p. 372
1899Aganaster Stürtz
1915Aganaster Schuchert pp. 263-264
1925Aganaster Spencer p. 285
1965Aganaster Owen p. 558
1966Aganaster Spencer and Wright p. U93
1997Aganaster Jell p. 312
2002Aganaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyAganasteridae
genusAganaster

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Aganaster Miller and Gurley 1891
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†Aganaster fujianensis Liao and Wang 2002
†Aganaster gregarius Meek and Worthen 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Capitanian or 358.86000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Poland A. jagiellonicus (64633)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) A. gregarius (699 8115 8127 8132 8133) A. sp. (556)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Fujian) A. fujianensis (97427) Ophioderma huaanensis (120773)