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Encrinaster petaloides

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Taxonomy
Aspidosoma petaloides was named by Simonovitsch (1871).

It was recombined as Euzonosoma petaloides by Spencer (1930); it was recombined as Encrinaster petaloides by Schuchert (1915) and Jell and Theron (1999).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Aspidosoma petaloides Simonovitsch p. 106 figs. pl. 4 figs. 1-3
1886Aspidosoma petaloides Stürtz p. 92
1909Aspidosoma petaloides Schöndorf p. 37 figs. pl. 4 figs. 4, 5
1910Aspidosoma petaloides Schöndorf pp. 14, 63 figs. pl. 1 figs. 3, 4, pl. 2 fig. 4, pl. 3 figs. 10-16
1915Encrinaster petaloides Schuchert p. 243 figs. pl. 35 figs. 5, 6
1930Euzonosoma petaloides Spencer p. 416
1999Encrinaster petaloides Jell and Theron p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
genusEncrinaster
speciespetaloides()

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.

Encrinaster petaloides Simonovitsch 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available