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Nymphaster alseni

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Chomataster alseni was named by Schulz and Weitschat (1971). It is not extant. Its type specimen is University of Hamburg, collection of W. Weitschat.

It was recombined as Nymphaster alseni by Gale (1987), Gale (1989), Breton (1992), Jagt (1999), Jagt (2000) and Jagt et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Chomataster alseni Schulz and Weitschat pp. 119-121 figs. pl. 25, fig. 20-29
1975Chomataster alseni Schulz and Weitschat p. 279 figs. pl. 31, fig. 7
1980Chomataster alseni Pockrandt p. 153 figs. text-fig. 3
1987Nymphaster alseni Gale pp. 165-166 figs. fig. 3.3; pl. 5, fig. 2-9
1989Nymphaster alseni Gale p. 283 figs. fig. 2, 6
1992Nymphaster alseni Breton pp. 287-289 figs. pl. 35, fig. 1-6
1999Nymphaster alseni Jagt figs. pl. 2, fig. 19-20
2000Nymphaster alseni Jagt pp. 413-414 figs. pl. 13, fig. 1-4
2021Nymphaster alseni 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
genusNymphaster
speciesalseni()

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.

Nymphaster alseni Schulz and Weitschat 1971
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Interbrachial superomarginal high. Abactinal side highly domed without spine bases. Superomaginals of the arm with external face angular, adradial and abactinal sides being differentiated and bearing a conical spine base at the junction.