The World Asteroidea Database - Buterminaster Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988

Asteroidea name details

Buterminaster Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988

AphiaID

994815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:994815)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonymized by Mah (2007))

Accepted Name

Pentagonaster Gray, 1840

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniasteridae Forbes, 1841

Direct children (1)

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Species Buterminaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 † accepted as Pentagonaster elegans (Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988) † (synonym according to Mah (2006))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 169: 489-498., available online at http://memoirs.gsapubs.org/content/169/489.short
page(s): 495 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Buterminaster Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=994815 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2017-06-13 16:14:22Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 169: 489-498., available online at http://memoirs.gsapubs.org/content/169/489.short
page(s): 495 [details]