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Hallaster cylindricus

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Lapworthuridae

Taxonomy
Palaeocoma cylindrica was named by Billings (1857). It is the type species of Hallaster.

It was recombined as Taeniaster cylindricus by Billings (1858), Wright (1863), Parks (1908) and Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Taeniura cylindrica by Gregory (1897); it was recombined as Hallaster cylindricus by Spencer (1925) and Owen (1965).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Palaeocoma cylindrica Billings p. 292
1858Taeniaster cylindricus Billings p. 81 figs. pl. 10 fig. 4
1860Protaster forbesi Hall p. 134 figs. pl. 7A figs. 8-10
1863Taeniaster cylindricus Wright p. 34
1876Protaster forbesi Quenstedt p. 134 figs. pl. 96 fig. 13
1886Protaster forbesi Stürtz pp. 78, 83
1886Hallaster forbesi Stürtz p. 150
1897Taeniura cylindrica Gregory p. 1035
1908Taeniaster cylindricus Parks p. 371
1915Taeniaster cylindricus Schuchert p. 220 figs. text-fig. 18, pl. 36 figs. 2, 3
1915Hallaster forbesi Schuchert pp. 255-256 figs. text-fig. 31
1925Hallaster cylindricus Spencer pp. 293-299 figs. text-figs. 178, 179, 198-201, pl. 19 figs. 1, 2, pl. 21 figs. 1-5
1965Hallaster cylindricus Owen p. 554

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderZeugophiurina()
familyLapworthuridae
genusHallaster
speciescylindricus()

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.

Hallaster cylindricus Billings 1857
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Invalid names: Protaster forbesi Hall 1860 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available