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Pycinasteridae
Taxonomy
Pycinasterinae was named by Spencer and Wright (1966). It is not extant. Its type is Pycinaster.
It was reranked as the family Pycinasteridae by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Valvatida by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).
It was reranked as the family Pycinasteridae by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Valvatida by Breton and Néraudeau (2008).
Subtaxa
Phocidaster, Pycinaster (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Pycinasterinae Spencer and Wright p. U59 |
| 2008 | Pycinasteridae Breton and Néraudeau p. 325 |
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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.
Fm. †Pycinasteridae Spencer and Wright 1966
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G. †Pycinaster Spencer 1907
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†Pycinaster corbaricus Breton and Vizcaïno 1997
†Pycinaster cornutus Rasmussen 1945
†Pycinaster crassus Spencer 1907
†Pycinaster danicus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Pycinaster humilis Spencer 1913
†Pycinaster magnificus Spencer 1913
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Invalid names: Pentetagonaster dutemplei d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Pycinaster mortenseni Mercier 1935
†Pycinaster rasmusseni Müller 1953
†Pycinaster rosenkrantzii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available