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Metopaster bezanconi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster bezanconi was named by Valette (1925). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Not yet located.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Metopaster bezanconi Valette pp. 519-520 figs. fig. 2a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusMetopaster
speciesbezanconi

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.

Metopaster bezanconi Valette 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Valette 1925Marginal plates of large size. Outline rectangular in external view, with parallel lateral faces. External face with ornament of a depressed margin and a raised central area covered with large granule-pits. Curvature of the external face more pronounced on the abradial side. Lateral faces slightly concave with a sickened margin along the external edge.
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, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available