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Valettaster granulatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Sphaerasteridae

Taxonomy
Valettaster granulatus was named by Brünnich-Nielsen (1943). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Gological Museum, University of Copenhagen.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Valettaster granulatus Brünnich-Nielsen p. 65 figs. pl. 4, fig. 37
1950Valettaster granulatus Rasmussen pp. 94-95 figs. pl. 10, fig. 24
1979Valettaster granulatus Rasmussen p. 70
2021Valettaster granulatus Gale p. 734 figs. Fig. 22H, K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familySphaerasteridae
genusValettaster
speciesgranulatus

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.

Valettaster granulatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1950A Valettaster whose ossicles bear large scattered granules on the flattened outer surface.
A.S. Gale 2021Valettaster in which the abactinal ossicles bear scattered granules.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available