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Furculaster

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Furculaster was named by Gale (2022). It is not extant. Its type is Furculaster cretae.

It was assigned to Korethrasteridae by Gale (2022).

Species
F. cretae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Furculaster Gale p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Spinulosida()
Chevronida
Velatida()
Korethrasteridae()
genusFurculaster

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. †Furculaster Gale 2022
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Furculaster cretae Gale 2022
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A.S. Gale 2022Adambulacrals with broad, short region for articulation with adjacent plates, which carries four to five adambulacral spines; articulation complex with ambulacral highly reduced; elongated, distally curved lateral process on adambulacrals.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: outer shelf, oceanic, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Depth habitat: subthermoclineo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:56:05
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:45:36
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available