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Buterminaster elegans

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Buterminaster elegans was named by Blake and Zinsmeister (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Holotype USNM 40. It is the type species of Buterminaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Buterminaster elegans Blake and Zinsmeister pp. 494-495 figs. 3.2-6

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

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.

Buterminaster elegans Blake and Zinsmeister 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and W. J. Zinsmeister 1988A Goniasterid with few tabulate, partially bare abactinals, much enlarged terminals forming the entire arm tip and encompassing distal ambulacral column ossicles, a lateral fringe of spinelets on the inferomarginals and terminals, and spines on the superomarginals and terminals
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Buterminaster elegans (7296)