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Aldebarania taberna

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Aldebarania taberna was named by Blake and Jagt (2005). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype NHMM 1999015-1, paratypes NHMM 1999015-2, -3.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt pp. 189-190 figs. pl. 4 figs. 1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusAldebarania
speciestaberna

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.

†Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt 2005Paxillae low, stout, with a subpolygonal crown; paxillae arranged in regular series. Accessories consist of closely fitted short spinelets. Superomarginals weakly inset from edge of inferomarginals. Medial, raised ridge on inferomarginals lacking.