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Nymphaster mudzborgh

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster mudzborgh was named by Jagt et al. (2021). Its type specimen is holotype NHMM JJ 16375a, paratypes NHMM JJ 16375b-d and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Nymphaster mudzborgh Jagt et al. p. 11 figs. fig. 7

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

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.

Nymphaster mudzborgh Jagt et al. 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J.W.M. Jagt et al. 2021Small-sized species, known only from isolated marginal ossicles, 4–5 mm in length
and 7.5–9.5 mm in width; central aboral surface in SMs raised, with granule pits of varying size, as well as 2–4 larger, crater-shaped spine pits, arranged in a more or less regular row; IMs angular, with inclined lateral face and covered in granule pits only.
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available