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Parametopaster albocervus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster albocervus was named by Gale (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, holotype BNHM E 54288, paratype BNHM 54287.

It was recombined as Parametopaster albocervus by Breton (1992), Breton (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metopaster albocervus Gale p. 21 figs. fig. pl. 9, fig. 15-16
1992Parametopaster albocervus Breton p. 348
1993Metopaster albocervus Lewis pp. 60-61
1997Parametopaster albocervus Breton p. 138

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

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 1987Ultimate superomarginals elongated, outer face evently curved. Outer face scupture consists of elongate rugosities, without depressed border.
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 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available