Marginaster

Last updated

Marginaster
Poranisca lepidus (USNM 18485) 002.jpeg
Preserved specimen of Marginaster pectinatus
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Poraniidae
Genus: Marginaster
Perrier, 1881
Type species
Marginaster pectinatus
Perrier, 1881
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Poranisca Verrill, 1914

Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae within the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M. pectinatus . [1] In 1995, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name; however, because the name was preoccupied by the starfish, the brittle star required renaming. [2] The brittle star was renamed Marginix in 2015. [3]

Species

The following species are recognized: [4]

References

  1. ↑ Perrier, Edmond (1881). "Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9: 1–31.
  2. ↑ Haude, Reimund (1995-07-14). "Lower Devonian echinoderms from the Precordillera (Argentina)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 197 (1): 37–86. doi:10.1127/njgpa/197/1995/37. ISSN   0077-7749.
  3. ↑ Martínez, Sergio; Río, Claudia del (2015). "Fossil Asterozoa (Echinodermata) of Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical. 63 (2): 1–6.
  4. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Marginaster Perrier, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.