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Genus of starfishes

Marginaster
Preserved specimen of Marginaster pectinatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Poraniidae
Genus: Marginaster
Perrier, 1881
Type species
Marginaster pectinatus
Perrier, 1881
Species

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Synonyms
  • Poranisca Verrill, 1914

Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae in the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M. pectinatus. In 1995, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name, but because the name was preoccupied by the starfish, the brittle star had to be renamed. The new name Marginix was given to the brittle star in 2015.

Species

The following species are recognized:

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.
Taxon identifiers
Marginaster
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