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Forbesasterias
Taxonomy
Forbesasterias was named by Fau et al. (2024). Its type is Asterias gaveyi. It was considered monophyletic by Fau et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Forcipulatacea by Fau et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Forcipulatacea by Fau et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Forbesasterias Fau et al. p. 6 figs. Figs. 1A, 2 and 3 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Fau et al. 2024 | Forcipulatacean sea star with five arms, compressed ambulacrals and
adambulacrals, and quadriserial ambulacral pores. Adoral carina composed of four elongated adambulacrals, bearing one or two spines each. Other adambulacrals bearing four spines. Actinal plates present. Straight pedicellariae present, regular straight pedicellaria approximately 1 or two mm long, and giant strait pedicellaria approximately five mm long. Giant straight pedicellariae located around the mouth in interbrachial areas. Abactinal spines short and numerous with ornamented tips. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||