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Pulcinellaster boulei

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy

Pycinaster boulei was named by Mercier (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, topotypes MHNH 8203-8206. It is the type species of Pulcinellaster.

It was recombined as Pulcinellaster boulei by Breton (1992).

Synonyms

Pycinaster bradfordiensis was named by Mercier (1935). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pycinaster boulei by Breton (1992).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1935	Pycinaster bradfordiensis Mercier pp. 10-11 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2a-b; pl. 3, fig. 5
1935	Pycinaster boulei Mercier p. 11 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3a-d
1992	Pulcinellaster boulei Breton pp. 365-368 figs. fig. 149

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Asterozoa	()

Rank	Name	Author
class	Asteroidea
subclass	Ambuloasteroidea
infraclass	Neoasteroidea	()
superorder	Valvatacea
order	Valvatida
family	Goniasteridae
genus	Pulcinellaster
species	boulei	()

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.

†Pulcinellaster boulei Mercier 1935

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Invalid names: Pycinaster bradfordiensis Mercier 1935 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
G. Breton 1992	Marginal tall. Abactinal tumidity, which can be highly developed and prolonged on the abradial side. External side vertical or deeply inclined. Lateral faces verticals, with pits.

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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	France	Pycinaster bradfordiensis (72284)