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Estoniaster

Asteroidea - Euaxosida - Palasterinidae

Taxonomy
Estoniaster was named by Blake and Rozhnov (2007). It is not extant. Its type is Estoniaster maennili.

It was assigned to Palasteriscidae by Blake and Rozhnov (2007); and to Palasterinidae by Blake (2018).

Species
E. maennili (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Estoniaster Blake and Rozhnov p. 521
2018Estoniaster Blake

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderEuaxosida
familyPalasterinidae
genusEstoniaster

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. †Estoniaster Blake and Rozhnov 2007
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Estoniaster maennili Blake and Rozhnov 2007
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and S. Rozhnov 2007As for species, by monotypy