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Chrispaulia

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Goniopectinidae

Taxonomy
Chrispaulia was named by Gale (2005). It is not extant. Its type is Nymphaster radiatus. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (2011).

It was assigned to Goniopectinidae by Gale (2005), Gale (2011), Gale (2011) and Gale and Jagt (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Chrispaulia Gale p. 384
2011Chrispaulia Gale p. 75
2021Chrispaulia Gale and Jagt p. 174

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
—Cribellina()
familyGoniopectinidae
genusChrispaulia

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. †Chrispaulia Gale 2005
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†Chrispaulia jurassica Gale 2011
†Chrispaulia radiatus Spencer 1905
†Chrispaulia spinosa Gale and Jagt 2021
†Chrispaulia wrightorum Gale and Jagt 2021
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 2005Arms long, narrow, disc small with gently rounded interbrachial arcs; superomarginals meet adradially over entire length of arms; distal marginals imbricated and carrying rounded or elongated areas of sooth, dense stereom; some interbrachial marginals bear enlarged spines attached to conical abactinal or distal spine pits.
A.S. Gale and J.W.M. Jagt 2021Arms long, narrow; disc small, with rounded interbrachial arcs; superomarginals meeting over radius along length of arm; distal marginals imbricate.