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Cymbaster dolmeni

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster dolmeni was named by Breton (1992). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, holotype MHNH E.A. (f) 3.

It was recombined as Cymbaster dolmeni by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Nymphaster dolmeni Breton pp. 273-275 figs. fig. 115; pl. 31, fig. 1-4
2008Cymbaster dolmeni Breton and Néraudeau pp. 336-337 figs. figs. 3.6a-c
2021Nymphaster dolmeni Jagt et al. p. 3

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

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.

†Cymbaster dolmeni Breton 1992
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton 1992Superomarginals slightly curved, relatively high. Profile convex with an abradial side flattened, oblique. Abactinal dome developed. Inferomarginals low. External face slightly domed, with an actinal side horizontal and an abradial side reentrant. Intermarginal plates reduced. Ornament of regular granule-pits.
G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008As for the genus, by monotypy.