Bulbosphaeraster, Gale, 2021

Gale, Andrew Scott, 2021, Taxonomy and phylogeny of the ‘ football stars’ (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 19 (10), pp. 691-741 : 718

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.10883577

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9207C41-9A6A-FFE7-0CCA-FECDFC43FD5F

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scientific name

Bulbosphaeraster
status

gen. nov.

Genus Bulbosphaeraster View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species. Bulbosphaeraster valettei View in CoL sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Sphaerasteridae in which the pir and pr carry centrally placed, rounded, bulbous swellings; external ornament of abactinals consisting of coarse, evenly distributed, circular, crater-rimmed spine pits. Simple papular notches present on corners of plates.

Derivation of name. From the Latin bulba, meaning swelling, with reference to the swollen abactinal ossicles.

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