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Lophidiaster concavus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Lophidiaster concavus was named by Rasmussen (1972). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BNHM E53632.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Lophidiaster concavus Rasmussen pp. 47-48 figs. pl. 3, fig. 20-25
1993Lophidiaster concavus Lewis pp. 54-55

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
subfamilyAstropectininae
genusLophidiaster
speciesconcavus

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.

†Lophidiaster concavus Rasmussen 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1972A Lophidiaster in which the superomarginals and inferomarginals are long with a narrow depressed margin and a low, narrow ridge with concave surface covered by irregular granules and 0-2 larger crater-shaped tubercles.