Testudinaster Hess, 1983

Gale, Andrew Scott, 2021, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the ‘ football stars’ (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (10), pp. 691-741 : 721

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772019.2021.1960911

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8991F09-B5FB-40EF-B4CC-474D925085B8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883581

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9207C41-9A69-FFE4-0CDE-FC5FFB01FB79

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scientific name

Testudinaster Hess, 1983
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Genus Testudinaster Hess, 1983 View in CoL

Type species. Testudinaster pereginus Hess, 1983 , by original designation.

Diagnosis. Sphaerasterida in which the abactinal surface is made up of numerous, rather small polygonal ossicles. Actinal ossicles small, very numerous, rounded or rhombic in outline, and very thick.

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