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Sulphaster

Ophiuroidea

Taxonomy
Sulphaster was named by Smith et al. (2025). Its type is Sulphaster odellettorum.

It was assigned to Metophiurida by Smith et al. (2025).

Species
S. odellettorum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Sulphaster Smith et al. p. 1154

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
—AnkhuridaThuy et al. 2024
—OphiovalidaThuy et al. 2024
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
genusSulphaster

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.

G. †Sulphaster Smith et al. 2025
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†Sulphaster odellettorum Smith et al. 2025
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.30000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Indiana) S. odellettorum (type locality: 276564)