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Aganaster gregarius

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae

Taxonomy
Protaster gregarius was named by Meek and Worthen (1869). It is the type species of Aganaster.

It was recombined as Alepidaster gregarius by Meek (1872); it was recombined as Aganaster gregarius by Miller and Gurley (1891), Miller (1892), Schuchert (1914), Schuchert (1915), Spencer (1925), Owen (1965) and Jell (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Protaster gregarius Meek and Worthen p. 169
1872Alepidaster gregarius Meek p. 275
1873Protaster gregarius Meek and Worthen p. 509 figs. pl. 16
1891Aganaster gregarius Miller and Gurley p. 372 figs. pl. 9 figs. 10, 11
1892Aganaster gregarius Miller p. 673 figs. fig. 1208
1914Aganaster gregarius Schuchert pp. 11, 35
1915Aganaster gregarius Schuchert pp. 264-265
1925Aganaster gregarius Spencer pp. 285-288 figs. text-figs. 194, 195, pl. 18 fig. 3, pl. 20 fig. 4, 5, 6
1965Aganaster gregarius Owen p. 558
1997Aganaster gregarius Jell pp. 312-314 figs. figs. 6.1-6.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyAganasteridae
genusAganaster
speciesgregarius()

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.

Aganaster gregarius Meek and Worthen 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available