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Ophryaster bretoni

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Ophryaster bretoni was named by Calzada and Gomez Pallerola (1993). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséo Geológico del Seminario de Barcelona, holotype 46841. It was considered monophyletic by Calzada and Gomez Pallerola (1993), Breton and Vizcaïno (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ophryaster bretoni Calzada and Gomez Pallerola pp. 70-72 figs. pl. 1
1997Ophryaster bretoni Breton and Vizcaïno p. 25 figs. 8d-g, pl. 1 fig. 18-19

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

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.

Ophryaster bretoni Calzada and Gomez Pallerola 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Calzada and J.E. Gomez Pallerola 1993Ophryaster of small size. Ornament with 4 and 5 disjunct granule-pits per square millimeter. Marginal plates approximately squared, curved, slightly wider in the interbrachial arc. Superomarginal plates higher than the inferomarginals. Adradially, first third of the external face smooth. Inferomarginal plates wider than high.
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France Ophryaster bretoni (59790)