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Cubanaster
Classification
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Echinozoa (sea urchins, holothurians, etc.)
Class:
Echinoidea
Subclass:
Euechinoidea (sea urchins) - Superorder Neognathostomata (sand dollars)
Order:
Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)
Suborder:
Laganina
Family:
Neolaganidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cubanaster Sánchez ROIG, 1952, p. 3
Type Species:
*acksonaster torrei LAMBERT, 1962, p. 61, OD
Images
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Fig. 365, 3a-c. * C. torrei (Lambert), Cuba, 3a,b, oral, plates of oral surface (interamb. stippled), X1, 3c, apical system with groove for hydropores, X10 (51, 216d). -- Fig. 365,3d. C. acunai (Sánchez Roig), Cuba, aboral, X0.8 (167)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
W.Indies-Panama
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
37.71
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Small to medium-sized, petals elongate, slightly open, length about 0.75 of radius, some dyads in petals, other plates simple, 4 genital pores, hydropores in groove, periproct oral, large, about 0.17 of distance from margin, between 2nd pair of coronal plates, 7 or 8 ambulacral and 5 or 6 interambulacral coronal plates per column on oral surface
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Echinozoa (sea urchins, holothurians, etc.)
Class:
Echinoidea
Subclass:
Euechinoidea (sea urchins) - Superorder Neognathostomata (sand dollars)
Order:
Clypeasteroida (sand dollars)
Suborder:
Laganina
Family:
Neolaganidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Cubanaster Sánchez ROIG, 1952, p. 3
Type Species:
*acksonaster torrei LAMBERT, 1962, p. 61, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 365, 3a-c. * C. torrei (Lambert), Cuba, 3a,b, oral, plates of oral surface (interamb. stippled), X1, 3c, apical system with groove for hydropores, X10 (51, 216d). -- Fig. 365,3d. C. acunai (Sánchez Roig), Cuba, aboral, X0.8 (167)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
W.Indies-Panama
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Beginning International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
37.71
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Eoc.
Ending International Stage:
Priabonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
33.9
Description
Small to medium-sized, petals elongate, slightly open, length about 0.75 of radius, some dyads in petals, other plates simple, 4 genital pores, hydropores in groove, periproct oral, large, about 0.17 of distance from margin, between 2nd pair of coronal plates, 7 or 8 ambulacral and 5 or 6 interambulacral coronal plates per column on oral surface