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Merriamaster perrini

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella perrini was named by Weaver (1908).

It was recombined as Astrodapsis perrini by Rathbun (1908); it was recombined as Echinodiscus perrini by Lambert (1909); it was recombined as Dendraster perrini by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920); it was recombined as Merriamaster perrini by Steianini (1911), Lambert (1911), Grant and Hertlein (1938), Durham (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Astrodapsis perrini Rathbun p. 342
1908Scutella perrini Weaver p. 273 figs. pl. 22, fig. 2
1909Scutella perrini Arnold
1909Echinodiscus perrini Lambert p. 122
1910Scutella perrini Arnold and Anderson p. 338 figs. pl. 1, figs. 1-2
1911Merriamaster perrini Lambert p. 64
1911Merriamaster perrini Steianini
1915Dendraster perrini Clark and Twitchell
1920Dendraster perrini Kew pp. 129 - 130 figs. Plate 28, figures 3a, 3b, 3c
1938Merriamaster perrini Grant and Hertlein p. 68
1955Merriamaster perrini Durham p. 166

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyDendrasteridae
genusMerriamasterLambert 1911
speciesperrini()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Merriamaster perrini Weaver 1908
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Diagnosis
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