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Asteriaceros

Asteroidea - Valvatida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Asteriaceros Valette
1966Asteriaceros Spencer and Wright p. 55
1991Asteriaceros Hess p. 874
2010Asteriaceros Villier p. 719

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

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. †Asteriaceros Valette 1932
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Asteriaceros papulosus de Loriol 1868
Asteriaceros stelliferus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Asterias pustulata Quenstedt 1858 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess 1991Large, armoured sea star with well-defined arms. Marginals with reduced articulation faces. Highly carved external face of marginal and abactinal plates with grooves and ribs.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 167.70000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France A. stelliferum (72284)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (DrĂ´me) A. papulosus (177726) Stauranderasteridae indet. (75576)