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Comptoniaster sharpii
Taxonomy
Stellaster sharpii was named by Wright (1880). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM OR 75792.
It was recombined as Metopaster sharpii by Lewis (1993); it was recombined as Comptoniaster sharpii by Breton (1983), Breton (1992), Breton (1997), Breton (1997).
It was recombined as Metopaster sharpii by Lewis (1993); it was recombined as Comptoniaster sharpii by Breton (1983), Breton (1992), Breton (1997), Breton (1997).
Synonymy list
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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 sharpii Wright 1880
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Breton 1992 | Disk pentagonal. Interbrachial s arc rounded. Arms slender. R/r ratio nearly equals to three. About 25 pairs of marginal plates per half-arc. Maximum width of marginals in the interradius, marginals squared in arms. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990 | |||||