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Schlueteraster schlueteri

Asteroidea - Compsasteridae

Taxonomy
Astropecten schluteri was named by Stürtz (1886). It is the type species of Schlueteraster.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Schuchert (1915); it was recombined as Schlueteraster schlueteri by Lehmann (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Astropecten schluteri Stürtz p. 87 figs. pl. 10 figs. 1b, 2a
1893Astropecten schluteri Stürtz pp. 51, 71
1957Schlueteraster schlueteri Lehmann pp. 138-141 figs. text-fig. 26, pl. 48 figs 2, 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
familyCompsasteridae
genusSchlueteraster
speciesschlueteri()

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.

†Schlueteraster schlueteri Stürtz 1886
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Diagnosis
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