The World Asteroidea Database - Buterminaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 †

Asteroidea name details

Buterminaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 †

AphiaID

1396959 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1396959)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym according to Mah (2006))

Accepted Name

Pentagonaster elegans (Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Buterminaster Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 accepted as Pentagonaster Gray, 1840

Orig. name

Buterminaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 169: 489-498., available online at http://memoirs.gsapubs.org/content/169/489.short
page(s): 495 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Buterminaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1396959 on 2024-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-01-03 08:09:12Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (1)

original description Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 169: 489-498., available online at http://memoirs.gsapubs.org/content/169/489.short
page(s): 495 [details]