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