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Alkaidia sumralli

Asteroidea - Zorocallida - Terminasteridae

Taxonomy
Alkaidia sumralli was named by Blake and Reid (1998). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Texas Memorial Museum, Holotype 1786TX1, Paratype 1786TX7-9, 1786TX21-28. It is the type species of Alkaidia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid p. 530 figs. 9.1-9.14
2021Alkaidia sumralli Gale and Jagt p. 183 figs. Figs 16A–C, 17B–E, H, K

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderForcipulatacea
orderZorocallida
familyTerminasteridae
genusAlkaidia
speciessumralli

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.

Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and R. Reid 1998Same as for the genus, by monotypy
A.S. Gale and J.W.M. Jagt 2021Alkaidia in which the primary radial ossicles are elongated and the terminal ossicle is not deeply notched on its proximal margin.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Alkaidia sumralli (59875 59876 59878 59880)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Texas) Alkaidia sumralli (59881 59882 59883)