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Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropecten infirmum was named by Fraas (1886).

It was recombined as Archastropecten infirmum by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma by Enay and Hess (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Astropecten infirmum Fraas p. 246 figs. pl. 30 fig. 2-4
1887Astropecten infirmum de Loriol p. 317
1905Astropecten infirmum de Loriol p. 135
1955Archastropecten infirmum Hess p. 34
1970Pentasteria (Archastropecten) infirma Enay and Hess pp. 1100-1101 figs. pl. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria
subgenusArchastropecten()
speciesinfirma()

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.

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Diagnosis
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