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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Forcipulatida : Zoroasteridae : Zoroaster : Zoroaster fulgens |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Forcipulatida : Zoroasteridae : Zoroaster : Zoroaster fulgens |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Zoroaster |
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| Scientific Name | Zoroaster fulgens Wyville Thomson, 1873 |
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| Name Published In | Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depths of the Sea. (Macmillan and Co.: London): 1-527. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Zoroaster fulgens | species | belongs to Zoroaster | stated without evidence | Thomson, 1873 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene |
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| Environment | marine,brackish (based on Forcipulatida) |
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| Motility | slow-moving (based on Forcipulatida) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Forcipulatida) |
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| Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Forcipulatida) |
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| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) |
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| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Forcipulatida) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Thomson. 1873. The depths of the sea. London |
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| Thomson W. The depths of the sea, London, 1-527 |
| Blake D. B., Zinsmeister W. J. (1979) Two early Cenozoic sea stars (class Asteroidea) from the Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula, Journal of Paleontology 53 5, 1145-1154 |
| Blake D. B., Zinsmeister W. J. (1988) Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic peninsula, Geological Society America Bulletin 169, 489-498 |
| Blake D. B., Aronson R. B. (1998) Eocene stelleroids (Echinodermata) at Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Journal of Paleontology 72 2, 339-353 |
| Eagle M. K. (2006) A new asteroid (Forcipulatida: Zoroasteridae) from the Eocene of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand, Reckords of the Auckland Museum 43, 81-96 |
| Gale A. S. (2011) The phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic Asteroidea (Neoasteroidea, Echinodermata), Special Papers in Palaeontology 85, 1-112 |
| Hansson, H.G. (2001) Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, - via Catalogue of Life |
| Howell, K.L. A.D. Rogers, P.A. Tyler, and D.S.M. Billett. (2004). Reproductive isolation among morphotypes of the Atlantic seastar species Zoroaster fulgens. Marine Biology 144: 977-984. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Blake, D.B. and Zinsmeister, W.J. (1988). Eocene asteroids (Echinodermata) from Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Geological Society of America Memoir. 169: 489-498. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Howell, K.L., D.W. Pond, D.S.M. Billett & P.A. Tyler. (2003). Feeding ecology of deep-sea seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): A fatty-acid biomarker approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series 255: 193-206. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Thomson, C.W. (1873). The Depths of the Sea. (Macmillan and Co.: London): 1-527. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Clark, A.M.; Downey, M.E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Zoroaster fulgens
