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Astropecten porosus

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Goniaster porosus was named by Agassiz (1835). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Astrogonium porosum by Dujardin and Hupé (1862); it was recombined as Astropecten porosus by de Tribolet (1873), de Loriol (1874), Lehner (1937) and Hess (1955).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Goniaster porosus Agassiz p. 143 figs. pl. 14, fig. 19-21
1835Coelaster couloni Agassiz p. 144 figs. pl. 14, fig. 22-23
1848Goniaster couloni Forbes p. 473
1848Goniaster porosus Forbes p. 473
1862Astrogonium porosum Dujardin and Hupé p. 398
1862Astropecten couloni Dujardin and Hupé p. 398
1873Astropecten porosus de Tribolet p. 20
1874Astropecten porosus de Loriol p. 8 figs. pl. 1, fig. 3-22
1876Goniaster couloni Quenstedt p. 61 figs. pl. 92, fig. 12-13
1902Coelaster couloni Fritel p. 79
1937Astropecten porosus Lehner p. 172
1955Astropecten porosus Hess p. 82
1966Coelaster couloni Spencer and Wright p. U78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusAstropecten
speciesporosus()

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.

Astropecten porosus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Coelaster couloni Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available