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Asteroidea taxon details
Nymphaster acules
(Spencer, 1914) †
AphiaID
1862957
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1862957)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Valvatacea
Valvatida
Goniasteridae
Nymphaster
Nymphaster acules
†
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Nymphaster
Sladen, 1889
Original name
Chomataster acules
Spencer, 1914 †
Synonymised names
Chomataster brunnichi
Rasmussen, 1944 †
·
unaccepted
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
fossil only
Original description
(of
Chomataster acules
Spencer, 1914 †
)
Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177.
,
available online at
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 129
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database.
Nymphaster acules
(Spencer, 1914) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1862957 on 2026-02-01
Taxonomic edit history
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original description
(of
Chomataster acules
Spencer, 1914 †
)
Spencer, W. K. (1914). The Evolution of the Cretaceous Asteroidea. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 204(303-312): 99-177.
,
available online at
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1914.0004
page(s): 129
[details]
original description
(of
Chomataster brunnichi
Rasmussen, 1944 †
)
Rasmussen, H.W. (1944). Observations on the Asteroid Fauna of the Danian. <em>Dansk Geologisk Forening.</em> 10(4): 417-429.
,
available online at
http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull-1944-10-4-417-429.pdf
page(s): 422
[details]
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