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Metopaster downendensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster downendensis was named by Gale (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is British Geological Survey, holotype GGS Yd 4127, paratypes Yd 4128-4139.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by L. Villier on 2006-08-31

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metopaster downendensis Gale pp. 27-28 figs. 11, pl. 7 fig. 10-18

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

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Marginals ossicles low, central areas covered with coarse rugosities amongst which are rather few granule pits. One or two irregularly shaped protuberances project from the lateral border of the superomarginals.
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