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Parametopaster undulatus

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Metopaster undulatus was named by Spencer (1913). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Natural History Museum, London, holotype BNHM E 13274, paratypes BNHM 13275-8.

It was recombined as Parametopaster undulatus by Breton (1992); it was recombined as Weitschataster undulatus by Neumann and Girod (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Metopaster undulatus Spencer p. 118 figs. pl. 10, fig. 19-20; pl. 15, fig. 20-24
1940Metopaster undulatus Wright and Wright p. 238 figs. pl. 14, fig. 5-6
1943Metopaster undulatus Brünnich-Nielsen p. 31
1950Metopaster undulatus Rasmussen pp. 40-42 figs. fig. 4h, pl. 3, fig. 15-16
1953Metopaster undulatus Müller p. 53 figs. pl. 8, fig. t-w
1961Metopaster undulatus Müller pp. 272-276 figs. text-fig. 1-2, pl. 1, fig. 1-15; pl. 2,
1975Metopaster undulatus Schulz and Weitschat pp. 267-268 figs. pl. 27, fig. 4-5
1979Metopaster undulatus Rasmussen p. 70
1987Metopaster undulatus Gale p. 39 figs. pl.5, fig. 1
1992Parametopaster undulatus Breton pp. 436, 440
1993Metopaster undulatus Lewis p. 59
1999Metopaster undulatus Jagt figs. pl. 2, fig. 7
2000Metopaster undulatus Jagt pp. 405-406 figs. pl. 8, fig. 5; pl. 24, fig. 1-7
2002Metopaster undulatus Reich and Frenzel p. 182
2018Weitschataster undulatus Neumann and Girod

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

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.

†Parametopaster undulatus Spencer 1913
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. S. Gale 1987Small Metopaster. Three superomarginals present in each side of arm. Median superomarginals broad with swelling on lateral margin. Ultimate superomarginal short, lateral margin strongly curved. Outer surface of marginals bears granule pits of irregular sizes.