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Nymphaster coombii

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Taxonomy
Goniaster (Astrogonium) coombii was named by Forbes (1848). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Nymphaster coombii by Jagt et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Goniaster (Astrogonium) coombii Forbes p. 474
2021Nymphaster coombii Jagt et al. p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
genusNymphaster
speciescoombii()

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.

Nymphaster coombii Forbes 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available