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Echinaster

Asteroidea - Echinasteridae

Taxonomy
Echinaster was named by Müller and Troschel (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 934]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Echinasteridae.

It was assigned to Echinasteridae by Verrill (1870) and Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Spinulosida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Rhopia Gray p. 282
1840Echinaster Müller and Troschel
1870Echinaster Verrill p. 343
1966Echinaster Spencer and Wright p. U70
2002Echinaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Spinulosida()
familyEchinasteridae
genusEchinaster

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. Echinaster Müller and Troschel 1840
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Echinaster jacobseni Rasmussen 1972
Invalid names: Rhopia Gray 1840 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparousf
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2009-09-04 11:53:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 13:53:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available