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Mastaster villersensis

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Mastaster villersensis was named by Mercier (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Neotype MHNH 2247 A. It is the type species of Mastaster.

It was recombined as Phocidaster villersensis by Mercier (1936); it was recombined as Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis by Wright and Wright (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Mastaster villersensis Mercier pp. 21-22 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1
1936Phocidaster villersensis Mercier p. 98
1940Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis Wright and Wright pp. 241-243 figs. 11-12, pl. 14, pl. 15 fig. 1, 2, 4, 7
1966Mastaster villersensis Spencer and Wright p. U62 fig. 55.2
1978Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 34-42 figs. pl. 6, fig. 29-30 19-23, pl. 5 fig. 22-2
1988Mastaster villersensis Smith et al. pp. 203-204 figs. pl. 42 fig. 3-7, pl. 43 fig. 3
1992Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 370-385 figs. 151-161, pl. 46-47

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

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.

†Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Same as the genus, by monotypy.
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Blake 1990

Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Mastaster villersensis (59682 59707 59708 59709)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Mastaster villersensis (59613 59619 59658)