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Stauranderaster laevis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Stauranderasteridae

Taxonomy
Asterias laevis was named by Desmoulins (1832). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Museum of Bordeaux.

It was recombined as Crenaster laevis by d'Orbigny (1850), Tournouër (1869), Tournouër (1875), Raulin (1895), Oppenheim (1901) and Répelin (1902); it was recombined as Astropecten laevis by Dujardin and Hupé (1862), Seguenza (1880) and Sacco (1893); it was recombined as Astropecten (Crenaster) laevis by von Linstow (1909); it was recombined as Calliderma laevis by Valette (1925) and Hess (1955); it was recombined as Stauranderaster laevis by Rasmussen (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Asterias laevis Desmoulins pp. 197-198 figs. pl. 2, fig. 4a-c only
1848Asterias laevis Delbos p. 421
1850Crenaster laevis d'Orbigny p. 400
1852Asterias laevis Raulin p. 409
1862Astropecten laevis Dujardin and Hupé p. 430
1869Crenaster laevis Tournouër pp. 266-267
1875Crenaster laevis Tournouër p. 488
1880Astropecten laevis Seguenza p. 44
1893Astropecten laevis Sacco p. 745
1895Crenaster laevis Raulin p. 550
1901Crenaster laevis Oppenheim p. 79 figs. pl. 11, fig. 3
1902Crenaster laevis Répelin p. 51
1909Astropecten (Crenaster) laevis von Linstow p. 56
1925Calliderma laevis Valette pp. 172-173, 179-182 figs. fig. 1
1955Calliderma laevis Hess pp. 80-81
1966Stauranderaster laevis Rasmussen pp. 4-10 figs. fig. 1-15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyStauranderasteridae
genusStauranderaster
specieslaevis()

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.

Stauranderaster laevis Desmoulins 1832
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1966Marginal plate of large size comparatively to other species of the genus. Lateral faces are now parallel now slightly oblique, converging toward the internal side. Lateral faces more or less concave according to their position on the marginal frame. Lateral faces depressed in their mid-part, with a sickened fold along the external face. External face covered by thin, dense granule pits. External face of marginal plate of the disc domed.