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Metopaster trichilae minor

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster trichilae minor was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype MHNH 8421, Paratypes MHNH 8422-8425.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Metopaster trichilae minor Breton pp. 166-168 figs. pl. 15, fig. 2-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusMetopaster
speciestrichilae
subspeciesminor

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
G. Breton 1992Marginal plates of medium. External face covered by granule-pits. Abactino-distal indentation occurs only in largest plates or reduced to an arched concavity.
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available