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Eifelaster

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Xenasteridae

Taxonomy
Eifelaster was named by Schöndorf (1909). Its type is Eifelaster follmanni.

It was assigned to Xenasteridae by Schöndorf (1909), Schuchert (1915) and Blake (2018).

Species
E. follmanni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Eifelaster Schöndorf pp. 70, 108
1915Eifelaster Schuchert pp. 133-134
2018Eifelaster Blake p. 42

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

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.

G. †Eifelaster Schöndorf 1909
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†Eifelaster follmanni Schöndorf 1909
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available