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Comptoniaster comptoni
Taxonomy
Goniaster (Stellaster) comptoni was named by Forbes (1848). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Musem, London, syntype BNHM OR 34311. It is the type species of Comptoniaster.
It was recombined as Stellaster comptoni by Forbes (1850), Dujardin and Hupé (1862) and Carpenter (1882); it was recombined as Comptonia comptoni by Spencer (1905), Spencer (1913) and Spencer and Wright (1966); it was recombined as Comptoniaster comptoni by Breton (1983), Smith et al. (1988), Breton (1992) and Lewis (1993).
It was recombined as Stellaster comptoni by Forbes (1850), Dujardin and Hupé (1862) and Carpenter (1882); it was recombined as Comptonia comptoni by Spencer (1905), Spencer (1913) and Spencer and Wright (1966); it was recombined as Comptoniaster comptoni by Breton (1983), Smith et al. (1988), Breton (1992) and Lewis (1993).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1848 | Goniaster (Stellaster) comptoni Forbes p. 476 |
| 1850 | Stellaster comptoni Forbes pp. 335-336 figs. pl. 22 fig. 8 |
| 1862 | Stellaster comptoni Dujardin and Hupé p. 408 |
| 1882 | Stellaster comptoni Carpenter p. 530 |
| 1905 | Comptonia comptoni Spencer pp. 69-70 figs. pl. 17 fig. 3, pl. 28 fig. 2 |
| 1913 | Comptonia comptoni Spencer p. 131 |
| 1966 | Comptonia comptoni Spencer and Wright p. U59 fig. 55.5 |
| 1983 | Comptoniaster comptoni Breton p. 244 |
| 1988 | Comptoniaster comptoni Smith et al. p. 202 figs. pl. 41 fig. 5 |
| 1992 | Comptoniaster comptoni Breton pp. 218-220 figs. pl. 23 fig. 1-2 |
| 1993 | Comptoniaster comptoni Lewis p. 52 |
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†Comptoniaster comptoni Forbes 1848
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Breton 1992 | Disk pentagonal. Interbrachial arc nearly straight. Arms slender, elliptical in section. R/r ratio higher than two. Nearly 18 superomarginal plates per half-arc. Maximum width of inferomarginal plates in the interradius. Marginals of the disk short, wide, more squared in the arm. Ornament with dense fine granule-pits. Pedicellariae-pits common, oval to elongate. |