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Echinasteridae

Asteroidea - Echinasteridae

Taxonomy
Echinasteridae was named by Verrill (1870). It is extant. Its type is Echinaster. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Leptognathina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Valvatida by Gale (1987); and to Spinulosida by Perrier (1884), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Echinasteridae Verrill p. 343
1884Echinasteridae Perrier p. 164
1966Echinasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U70
1987Echinasteridae Gale p. 125
1989Echinasteridae Blake p. 213
2012Echinasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3

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

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.

Fm. Echinasteridae Verrill 1870
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G. Echinaster Müller and Troschel 1840
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Echinaster jacobseni Rasmussen 1972
Invalid names: Rhopia Gray 1840 [objective synonym]
G. Henricia Gray 1840
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Henricia parahybensis Maury 1930
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Paraíba) Henricia parahybensis (88070)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Echinasteridae indet. (32022)