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Peltaster placenta

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Goniodiscus placenta was named by Müller and Troschel (1842).

It was recombined as Peltaster placenta by Clark and Downey (1992) and Borghi (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Goniodiscus placenta Müller and Troschel p. 59
1992Peltaster placenta Clark and Downey pp. 257-258 figs. pl. 64a-b
1995Peltaster placenta Borghi p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusPeltaster
speciesplacenta()

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.

Peltaster placenta Müller and Troschel 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterf
Dispersal 2: planktonicf
Created: 2007-10-02 04:01:50
Modified: 2007-10-02 06:05:14
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available