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Hudsonaster australis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Hudsonasteridae

Taxonomy
Hudsonaster australis was named by Withers and Keble (1934). Its type specimen is Holotype 13806, National Museum, Melbourne and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Hudsonaster australis Withers and Keble pp. 222-223 figs. text-figs 1, 3, pl. 10 fig. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyHudsonasteridae
genusHudsonaster
speciesaustralis

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.

Hudsonaster australis Withers and Keble 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-10 08:43:29
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:43:29
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available