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Bostryclavus sampsoni

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Echinodiscus sampsoni was named by Sumrall (1996). It is not extant. It is the type species of Bostryclavus.

It was recombined as Bostryclavus sampsoni by Sumrall (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Echinodiscus sampsoni Miller
1996Echinodiscus sampsoni Sumrall
1996Bostryclavus sampsoni Sumrall p. 984

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
familyAgelacrinitidaeClarke 1901
subfamilyDiscocystinae
genusBostryclavus
speciessampsoni()

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.

Bostryclavus sampsoni Sumrall 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 09:56:01
Modified: 2009-10-08 11:56:01
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available