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Chomataster breizh

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Chomataster breizh was named by Jagt et al. (2021). Its type specimen is holotype is NHMM 2020 009a and is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Chomataster breizh Jagt et al. pp. 7-9 figs. figs 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusChomataster
speciesbreizh

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.

Chomataster breizh Jagt et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021Species of Chomataster with tall SMs and IMs; median SMs (SM1–5) narrower
than others and lacking large, crater-shaped spine pits, but evenly rounded from lateral to aboral surface, covered in granule pits; from SM6 onwards, distal SMs with single, crater-shaped spine pit at summit of lateral face; all SMs and IMs with bivalved alveolar scars of pedicellariae, invariably close to intermarginal contact line; IMs with broadly rounded lateral face and slightly flattened aboral surface; lacking large spine pits throughout and only with close-set granules. No other ossicle types preserved.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available