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Rhenaster schwerdi

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Taxonomy
Rhenaster schwerdi was named by Schöndorf (1909). It is the type species of Rhenaster.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Rhenaster schwerdi Schöndorf p. 65 figs. pl. 8 fig. 3, pl. 10 fig. 1, 4
1915Rhenaster schwerdi Schuchert p. 133 figs. text-fig. 10
2018Rhenaster schwerdi Blake p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyXenasteridae
genusRhenaster
speciesschwerdi

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.

†Rhenaster schwerdi Schöndorf 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available