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Pentagonaster muelleri

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Goniaster mulleri was named by Heller (1858). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Naturhistorisches Museum Wien.

It was recombined as Pentagonaster muelleri by Vadasz (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Goniaster mulleri Heller p. 161
1876Goniaster mulleri Quenstedt figs. pl. 92, fig. 16
1909Goniaster mulleri von Linstow p. 50
1915Pentagonaster muelleri Vadasz pp. 96-97 figs. pl. 8 fig. 20-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
subfamilyGoniasterinae
genusPentagonaster
speciesmuelleri()

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.

Pentagonaster muelleri Heller 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 et al. 2004, Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available