Bulbosphaeraster, Gale, 2021
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.1080/14772019.2021.1960911 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F8991F09-B5FB-40EF-B4CC-474D925085B8 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10883577 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B9207C41-9A6A-FFE7-0CCA-FECDFC43FD5F |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Bulbosphaeraster |
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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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