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Chaetasterina gracilis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterinidae

Taxonomy
Chaetasterina gracilis was named by Hess (1970). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Hess collection, Holotype A94. Its type locality is Pierre-Jaune, Hauterivian, St. Blaise, which is in a Hauterivian shallow subtidal grainstone/marl in the Pierre jaune Formation of Switzerland. It is the type species of Chaetasterina. It was considered monophyletic by Hess (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Chaetasterina gracilis Hess pp. 1082-1086 figs. 9-14, pl. 3, 4.5
2020Chaetasterina gracilis Gale p. 5 figs. 2c-i

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

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H Hess 1970As for the genus by monotypy.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:04:45
Modified: 2009-09-04 14:19:49
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland (Neuchatel) Chaetasterina gracilis (type locality: 31986)