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Metopaster bromleyi

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster bromleyi was named by Gale (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 13304, paratypes BNHM E 54192-4,.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metopaster bromleyi Gale pp. 22-24 figs. 10.5, pl. 2 fig. 11-13, pl. 3 fig. 1-5

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

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 bromleyi Gale 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Marginals with a narrow depressed border, central area bears large round granule pits. The ultimate superomarginal carries two conical projections, the more proximal directly aborally, the distal aboro-laterally.
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: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available