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Mesotremaster zbindeni

Asteroidea - Tremasteridae

Taxonomy
Mesotremaster zbindeni was named by Hess (1981). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, holotype 9550. It was considered monophyletic by Hess (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Mesotremaster zbindeni Hess p. 684 figs. 1, pl. 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Spinulosida()
Chevronida
familyTremasteridae()
genusMesotremaster
specieszbindeni

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Hess 1981Species of the genus Mesotremaster with an abradial curved adambulacral with six short aligned adradial tubercles and a abradial, elongate tubercle for articulation of a wide flattened spine.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:15:13
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available