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Hemiaster parastatus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Taxonomy
Spatangus parastatus was named by Morton (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 1487, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hemiaster parastatus by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Cooke (1942), Cooke (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Spatangus parastatus Morton p. 294
1915Hemiaster parastatus Clark and Twitchell p. 92
1942Hemiaster parastatus Cooke p. 43
1959Hemiaster parastatus Cooke p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyHemiasteridae
genusHemiaster
speciesparastatus(Morton 1833)

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.

†Hemiaster parastatus Morton 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available