Terminaster, HESS, 1974

Mah, Christopher, 2007, Phylogeny of the Zoroasteridae (Zorocallina; Forcipulatida): evolutionary events in deep-sea Asteroidea displaying Palaeozoic features, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150 (1), pp. 177-210 : 194

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00291.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5489328
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F187FA-FFA7-FFE3-87E7-89EA6E2EFA15
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scientific name	Terminaster
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TERMINASTER HESS, 1974 View in CoL

Asterias Quenstedt, 1876: 49 View in CoL , pl. 91, fig. 155. Terminaster Hess, 1974: 647 View in CoL ; Hess, 1986: 47.

Type species: Asterias cancriformis Quenstedt, 1876 .

Diagnosis: Disc small. Disc and arm with imbricate skeleton. Plates polygonal to weakly lobate. Large primary spines present. Terminal plate enlarged.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Forcipulatida
Family	Zoroasteridae

Terminaster

Mah, Christopher 2007

2007

Asterias

Hess H 1986: 47

Hess H 1974: 647

Quenstedt FA 1876: 49

1876

Specimens

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