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Tylasteria luciensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Tylaster luciensis was named by Mercier (1935) [Destroyed during the Second World War]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Tylasteria luciensis by Breton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Tylaster luciensis Mercier p. 19 figs. pl. 1, fig. 10a-b
1992Tylasteria luciensis Breton p. 251

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

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.

Tylasteria luciensis Mercier 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Marginals wider than long and high. External face highly convex to angular. Lateral faces slightly concave, with few scattered pits and a slight sickened external margin. Internal face highly concave, separated from the face of articulation with abactinals (or actinolaterals) by a strong transverse ridge. Intermarginal face frequently divided in two or three faces, which suggest alternating marginals and potential intermarginal plates. Ornament of fine dense granule-pits, slightly projecting in the middle of the external face.