Taxonomy and phylogeny of the ‘ football stars’ (Asteroidea, Sphaerasteridae)
Author
Gale, Andrew Scott
School of the Environment, Geography and Geological Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Building, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth PO 1 3 QL UK; & Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK
text
Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
2021
2021-10-01
19
10
691
741
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2021.1960911
journal article
10.1080/14772019.2021.1960911
1478-0941
F8991F09-B5FB-40EF-B4CC-474D925085B8
Genus
Testudinaster
Hess, 1983
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.