Marginaster | |
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Preserved specimen of Marginaster pectinatus | |
Scientific 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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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
- Perrier, Edmond (1881). "Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9: 1–31.
- 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.
- Martínez, Sergio; Río, Claudia del (2015). "Fossil Asterozoa (Echinodermata) of Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical. 63 (2): 1–6.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Marginaster Perrier, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
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