| Marginaster | |
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| Preserved specimen of Marginaster pectinatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Poraniidae |
| Genus: | Marginaster Perrier, 1881 |
| Type species | |
| Marginaster pectinatus Perrier, 1881
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Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae within the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M. pectinatus.1 In 1995, a fossil brittle star was given the same generic name; however, because the name was preoccupied by the starfish, the brittle star required renaming.2 The brittle star was renamed Marginix in 2015.3
Species
The following species are recognized:4
- Marginaster capreensis
- Marginaster patriciae
- Marginaster paucispinus
- Marginaster pectinatus
References
References
- Perrier, Edmond (1881). "Description sommaire des espèces nouvelles d'Astéries". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 9: 1–31.
- Haude, Reimund (1995-07-14). "Lower Devonian echinoderms from the Precordillera (Argentina)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 197 (1): 37–86. doi:10.1127/njgpa/197/1995/37. ISSN 0077-7749.
- Martínez, Sergio; Río, Claudia del (2015). "Fossil Asterozoa (Echinodermata) of Argentina". Revista de Biología Tropical. 63 (2): 1–6.
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Marginaster Perrier, 1881". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-08-27.