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Nymphaster peakei

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Nymphaster peakei was named by Gale (1987). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, collection of Gale, holotype Yd 3985, paratypes.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Nymphaster peakei Gale pp. 166-169 figs. fig. 3.4; pl. 5, fig. 9-12, 14
1989Nymphaster peakei Gale p. 286 figs. fig. 6
2021Nymphaster peakei Jagt et al. p. 3

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

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 peakei Gale 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Nymphaster with tall interradial superomarginals each of wich bears a single large crater-shaped spine pit on the aboral surface.