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Comptoniaster basseti

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Pentagonaster basseti was named by de Loriol (1887). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of La Rochelle, topotype n° 1190. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1997).

It was recombined as Comptoniaster basseti by Breton (1992) and Breton (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pentagonaster basseti de Loriol pp. 314-317 figs. pl. 1 fig. 1
1992Comptoniaster basseti Breton pp. 229-230 figs. pl. 24 fig. 1-2
1997Comptoniaster basseti Breton pp. 137-138 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptoniaster
speciesbasseti()

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.

†Comptoniaster basseti de Loriol 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available