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Stellaster ottoi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Stellaster ottoi was named by Geinitz (1871). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Probably at the Museum of Dresden.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Stellaster ottoi Geinitz pp. 87-88 figs. pl. 21 fig. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
subfamilyGoniasterinae
genusStellaster
speciesottoi

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.

Stellaster ottoi Geinitz 1871
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. B. Geinitz 1871Form stellate. Arms short, triangular. R=49 mm and r=27mm for a ratio R/r close to 0.55. Interbrachial arc regularly rounded. Probably 15 pairs of marginal plates par half-arc. Marginal plates approximately twice as wide as long in the interbrachial arc to square in the arm tip. External face covered by dense granule-pits. Abactinal face paved by small hexagonal plates. Three rows of enlarged abactinal in the axis of the arm but not extending to the arm tip. Adambulacral plates large, squared, with tiny tubercles for articulation of spines.
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 et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available