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Cymbaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cymbaster Breton and Néraudeau p. 236

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

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.

G. †Cymbaster Breton and Néraudeau 2008
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Cymbaster dolmeni Breton 1992
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Breton and D. Néraudeau 2008Superomarginal plates with slightly oblical lateral sides, relatively tall, with a convex profile, with a flattened, vertical to oblical abradial margin, and with an abactinal convexity. Inferomarginal low, with an external face very slightly convex, with a flattened, horizontal actinal side and a adradial side inclined to the intermarginal plane. Intermarginal faces reduced. Ornament of fine granule-pits. Pedicellariae-pits elongated.
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990
Collections
No collection or age range data are available