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Metopaster elevatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster elevatus was named by Brünnich-Nielsen (1943). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Metopaster elevatus Brünnich-Nielsen p. 36 figs. pl. 2 fig. 2
1950Metopaster elevatus Rasmussen pp. 47-48 figs. 4k, pl. 5 fig. 9-10
1979Metopaster elevatus Rasmussen p. 70

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

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 elevatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. W. Rasmussen 1950A Metopaster whose ultimate superomarginal is very short and tall, with a strong abactinal swelling. The tip of the arm (the terminal ossicle) is only slightly elevated above the lower edge of the superomarginals. The Ornamentation is composed of a depressed border, and within this scattered spine-pits, which are largest on the abactinal swelling.