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Siluraster caemorensis

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Taxonomy
Siluraster caemorensis was named by Botting et al. (2011). Its type specimen is Holotype CHEGM 2009.98a, Paratype CHEGM 2009.98b, Grosvenor Museum, Chester and is a cast. Its type locality is barn in Glyn Ceiriog, which is in a Longvillian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Bryn Siltstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Siluraster caemorensis Botting et al. pp. 430-432 figs. fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyPalasterinidae
genusSiluraster
speciescaemorensis

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.

Siluraster caemorensis Botting et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. P. Botting et al. 2011Siluraster with axillary and adjacent inferomarginals enlarged, first inferomarginals nearly twice as wide as long; T-ridges of ambulacrals somewhat reduced.