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Mastigactis aranea
Taxonomy
Eugasterella aranea was named by Ruedemann (1916). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype NYSM. It is the type species of Mastigactis.
It was recombined as Mastigactis aranea by Spencer (1930), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Dean Shackleton (2005).
It was recombined as Mastigactis aranea by Spencer (1930), Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Dean Shackleton (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1916 | Eugasterella aranea Ruedemann pp. 57-58 figs. pl. 15 fig. 1; pl. 16 figs. 1-4 |
| 1930 | Mastigactis aranea Spencer pp. 427-428 figs. fig. 275A, 275B; pl. 28 figs. 5-8 |
| 1965 | Mastigactis aranea Owen p. 553 |
| 1966 | Mastigactis aranea Spencer and Wright pp. U86-87 figs. fig. 74.5a-b |
| 2005 | Mastigactis aranea Dean Shackleton pp. 81-82 |
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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.
†Mastigactis aranea Ruedemann 1916
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. Dean Shackleton 2005 | As for genus, by monotypy |