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Chrispaulia radiatus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster radiatus was named by Spencer (1905). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BNHM E 375. It is the type species of Chrispaulia.

It was recombined as Trachyaster radiatus by Spencer (1913); it was recombined as Spenceraster radiatus by Lewis (1993); it was recombined as Chrispaulia radiatus by Gale (2005) and Gale and Jagt (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Nymphaster radiatus Spencer p. 73 figs. pl. 25, fig. 1
1907Nymphaster radiatus Spencer p. 117 figs. fig. 15
1913Trachyaster radiatus Spencer p. 131 figs. pl. 13, fig. 27
1993Spenceraster radiatus Lewis p. 64
1997Nymphaster radiatus Breton and Decombe p. 10 figs. tab. 1
2005Chrispaulia radiatus Gale p. 386 figs. fig. 4-7, 8e-j, 9
2021Chrispaulia radiatus Gale and Jagt p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
Cribellina()
familyGoniopectinidae
genusChrispaulia
speciesradiatus()

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.

Chrispaulia radiatus Spencer 1905
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 2005Same for genus, by monotypy
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: oceanic, marinef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-07 00:33:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:32:01
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Spencer and Wright 1966, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Chrispaulia radiatus (60747)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Chrispaulia radiatus (60750)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Benthopectinidae indet. (59658)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Chrispaulia radiatus (60748 60749)