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Calliderma

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Calliderma Gray
1966Calliderma Spencer and Wright p. U59
1992Calliderma Breton p. 293
2002Calliderma Sepkoski
2008Calliderma Breton and Néraudeau p. 334
2009Calliderma Blake and Ettensohn p. 568

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

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.

G. Calliderma Gray 1847
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Subg. †Calliderma (Mastaster) Wright and Wright 1940
Calliderma atagensis Valette 1925
Calliderma juigneti Breton 1988
Calliderma moreaui Néraudeau and Breton 1993
Calliderma smithiae Forbes 1848
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Invalid names: Calliderma latum Forbes 1848 [synonym], Goniaster (Astrogonium) mosaicus Forbes 1848 [synonym]
Calliderma viaudi Breton 1988
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Arms short, with a wide base and poorly differentiated from the disc. Interbrachial arc regularly rounded. Marginal plates short, with a maximum width at the interradius. Granule-pits fine, hexagonal, irregular in size and depth. Pedicellariae-pits rounded, oval, or winged-oval.
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Ypresian or 99.60000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) C. smithae (81061)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. juigneti, C. smithiae (59658) C. smithiae (59613 59619)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom C. smithiae (59682 59711)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. moreaui (59799 59811) C. smithiae (59806)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France C. juigneti (59611)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) C. smithae (4071) C. smithiae (4072)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3France C. viaudi (59820)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France C. sp. (59650)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France C. sp. (59676)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France C. smithiae (72285)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France C. atagensis (59787 59788 59789)