Metopaster Sladen, 1893

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Sladen, W. P. (1893). A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations. Volume Second. The Asteroidea. Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society, 47(223): 29–66, plates IX–XVI. https://doi.org/10.1080/02693445.1893.12028026

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Echinodermata

class

Asteroidea

order

Valvatida

family

Goniasteridae

genus

Metopaster

Name

Synonyms

Dictydaster Mercier, 1935

Ravniaster Nielsen, 1943

Homonyms

Metopaster Sladen, 1893

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 331 Designation, under the Plenary Powers, of a lectotype for the nominal species Asterias quinqueloba Goldfuss, 1831 (class Asteroidea) in harmony with accustomed nomenclatorial usage.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 9(25), 339-354 (1955)
2. Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006)
3. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
5. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.
6. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.
7. Sladen, W. P. (1893). A Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations. Volume Second. The Asteroidea. <em>Monographs of the Palaeontographical Society.</em> 47(223): 29-66, plates IX-XVI.
8. in Wright, (Pal. Soc. Monogr.) Brit. Foss. Echinod. cret. Form., 2, no. 2