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Metopaster montainvillensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster montainvillensis was named by Valette (1925). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Not yet located.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Metopaster montainvillensis Valette pp. 521-522 figs. fig. 3

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

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. Valette 1925Marginal plates of medium size. External face slightly convex, with ornament of dense tiny granule pits covering the whole external face. Profile of the marginal plates coarsely triangular with the external side regularly rounded. Lateral faces slightly concave, smooth. Enlarged ultimate superomarginals differentiated and corresponding with three inferomarginal plates.
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