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Dendraster ashleyi

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Echinarachnius ashleyi was named by Arnold (1907).

It was recombined as Dendraster ashleyi by Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938).

Subspecies
D. ynezensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Echinarachnius ashleyi Arnold
1920Dendraster ashleyi Kew pp. 115 - 116 figs. Plate 27, figures 1a, 1b, 1c
1938Dendraster ashleyi Grant and Hertlein p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyDendrasteridae
genusDendraster
speciesashleyi(Arnold 1907)

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.

†Dendraster ashleyi Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (203549)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (214258)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (238615 238622)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Dendraster ashleyi (207660 207663 207665 207670 207671 207672 207677 207687 207691 207692 207694 207695 207696 207697 207698 207699 207700 207702 207703 207704 207708 207713 207715 207717 207719 207722 207725 207726 207728 214287)