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Petraster americanus
Taxonomy
Coelaster americanus was named by d'Orbigny (1850).
It was recombined as Petraster americanus by Schuchert (1915), Withers and Keble (1934) and Blake et al. (2016).
It was recombined as Petraster americanus by Schuchert (1915), Withers and Keble (1934) and Blake et al. (2016).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Coelaster americanus d'Orbigny p. 22 |
| 1863 | Asterias anthonii Dana p. 221 |
| 1863 | Palasterina jamesi Dana p. 295 |
| 1868 | Palaeaster jamesi Hall p. 286 |
| 1873 | Palaeaster jamesi Meek p. 62 figs. pl. 4 fig. 4 |
| 1915 | Petraster americanus Schuchert pp. 146-147 figs. pl. 26 fig. 2 |
| 1934 | Petraster americanus Withers and Keble p. 227 |
| 2016 | Petraster americanus Blake et al. p. 168 |
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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.
†Petraster americanus d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Asterias anthonii Dana 1863 [synonym], Palasterina jamesi Dana 1863 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available