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Codaster whitei

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Codasteridae

Taxonomy
Codaster whitei was named by Hall (1861).

It was recombined as Orophocrinus whitei by Whitfield (1895); it was recombined as Hadroblastus whitei by Macurda (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. shimanskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Codaster whitei Hall p. 327
1895Orophocrinus whitei Whitfield p. 36 figs. pl. 3, figs. 25-28,
1983Hadroblastus whitei Macurda pp. 118 - 120 figs. Pl. 24, figs. 1-16; PI. 25, figs. 1-5, 10,13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyCodasteridaeEtheridge and Carpenter 1886
genusCodasterM'Coy 1849
specieswhitei

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.

†Codaster whitei Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
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