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Trichometra cubensis

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Taxonomy
Antedon cubensis was named by Pourtales (1869). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trichometra cubensis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Antedon aspera Quenstedt
1869Antedon cubensis Pourtales p. 356
1908Antedon aspera Clark p. 229
2011Trichometra cubensis Hess and Messing p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyAntedonoidea(Norman 1865)
familyAntedonidaeNorman 1865
subfamilyBathymetrinaeClark 1909
genusTrichometraClark 1908
speciescubensis(Pourtales 1869)

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.

Trichometra cubensis Pourtales 1869
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Invalid names: Antedon aspera Clark 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Antedon aspera (163585)