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Salteraster coronella

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Urasterellidae

Taxonomy
Palaeaster coronella was named by Salter (1857). It is the type species of Phillipaster.

It was recombined as Stenaster coronella by Stürtz (1886) and Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Salteraster coronella by Spencer (1918); it was recombined as Phillipsaster coronella by Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palaeaster coronella Salter p. 326
1863Palaeaster coronella Wright p. 25
1886Stenaster coronella Stürtz p. 153
1915Stenaster coronella Schuchert p. 167
1918Salteraster coronella Spencer pp. 153-154 figs. text-fig. 99, pl. 11 fig. 6
1965Phillipsaster coronella Owen p. 566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyUrasterellidae
genusSalteraster
speciescoronella()

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.

†Salteraster coronella Salter 1857
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Diagnosis
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