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Petraster kinahani

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Taxonomy
Palasterina kinahani was named by Baily (1878). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GSI S1439.

It was recombined as Uranaster kinahani by Gregory (1899), Schöndorf (1910), Schuchert (1915) and Spencer (1916); it was recombined as Petraster kinahani by Owen (1965), Spencer and Wright (1966), Dean Shackleton (2005) and Blake et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Palasterina kinahani Baily pp. 15, 26 figs. pl. 2 fig. 1
1879Palasterina kinahani Baily pp. 58-59 figs. fig. 6
1899Uranaster kinahani Gregory p. 348
1910Uranaster kinahani Schöndorf p. 225
1915Uranaster kinahani Schuchert p. 155
1916Uranaster kinahani Spencer pp. 105-108 figs. figs. 60-63, pl. 5 fig. 1-5
1965Petraster kinahani Owen p. 567
1966Petraster kinahani Spencer and Wright p. U43 figs. fig. 43.4a-c
2005Petraster kinahani Dean Shackleton pp. 91-93 figs. fig. 12c; pl. 6 figs. 5, 6
2016Petraster kinahani Blake et al. p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyPalasterinidae
genusPetraster
specieskinahani()

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.

Petraster kinahani Baily 1878
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Dean Shackleton 2005Enlarged primary interradials; actinals stellate and aligned.