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Chomataster acules

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Chomataster acules was named by Spencer (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Musem, London, holotype BNHM E 13255, paratypes BNHM E13256-59,. It is the type species of Chomataster. It was considered monophyletic by Breton (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Chomataster acules Spencer p. 128 figs. pl. 12, fig. 28, 31; pl. 16, fig. 8-13
1943Chomataster acules Brünnich-Nielsen p. 59 figs. fig. 12
1945Chomataster acules Rasmussen p. 422 figs. pl. 9, fig. 10-11
1950Chomataster acules Rasmussen pp. 79-80 figs. fig. 6e; pl. 10, fig. 12
1953Chomataster acules Müller p. 59 figs. pl. 7, fig. qq1-3
1971Chomataster acules Schulz and Weitschat p. 119 figs. pl. 25, fig. 19
1975Chomataster acules Schulz and Weitschat pp. 279-280 figs. pl. 31, fig. 8-10
1979Chomataster acules Rasmussen p. 70
1987Chomataster acules Gale p. 174 figs. pl. 5, fig. 15-16
1989Chomataster acules Gale p. 286 figs. fig. 5
1992Chomataster acules Breton p. 263
1993Chomataster acules Lewis p. 51
1994Chomataster acules Jagt et al. p. 318
2000Chomataster acules Jagt p. 418 figs. pl. 14
2002Chomataster acules Reich and Frenzel p. 182
2021Chomataster acules Jagt et al. p. 6

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

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.

Chomataster acules Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Median superomarginals, tall, narrow, lateral face vertical. Single large crater shaped spine pit at summit of lateral face. Inferomarginals possess broad, rounded oral surface, intermarginal facet narrow, 3-5 large crater shaped pits on oral face.