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Comptoniaster weitschati

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Comptoniaster weitschati was named by Breton (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, holotype MNHN B 51013. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Comptoniaster weitschati Breton pp. 14-18 figs. 6-8
1992Comptoniaster weitschati Breton pp. 241-244 figs. 105, pl. 26 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusComptoniaster
speciesweitschati

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.

†Comptoniaster weitschati Breton 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Comptoniaster with short blunt arms. The interbrachial arc straight. Maximum width of the marginals in the disk. Nearly 16 marginals per half-arc. Marginals of the disk short, wide, low, the width diminishing to the arm tip. Fine, dense granule-pits covering the entire external face.