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Comptonia thierryi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptonia thierryi was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH 8176, paratype MHNH 8177-.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Comptonia thierryi Breton pp. 311-313 fig. 125

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

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.

Comptonia thierryi Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Marginals small, short, wide, curved, low and with a low angular ossicle. External face weakly convex, flattened, smooth or with ornament of relatively large granule-pits. Marginals opposite.
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available