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Dendraster excentricus

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella excentrica was named by Eschscholz (1826).

It was recombined as Echinarachnius excentricus by Merriam (1899); it was recombined as Echinarachinus excentricus by Pack (1909); it was recombined as Dendraster excentricus by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920) and Durham (1955); it was recombined as Dendraster excentrius by Grant and Hertlein (1938); it was recombined as Dendraster excentrica by Wagner (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Scutella excentrica Eschscholz figs. pl. 20, fig. 2
1899Echinarachnius excentricus Merriam p. 170
1909Echinarachinus excentricus Pack p. 281
1915Dendraster excentricus Clark and Twitchell p. 223
1920Dendraster excentricus Kew pp. 121 - 122 figs. Plate 31, figures la, lb, Ic; plate 32, figures 1, 2
1938Dendraster excentrius Grant and Hertlein p. 84
1955Dendraster excentricus Durham p. 158
1974Dendraster excentrica Wagner p. 120

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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
genusDendraster
speciesexcentricus(Eschscholz 1826)

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.

†Dendraster excentricus Eschscholz 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available