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Astropecten castellanensis

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Crenaster castellanensis was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Astropecten castellanensis by Dujardin and Hupé (1862), Sacco (1893) and Hess (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Crenaster castellanensis d'Orbigny p. 332
1857Crenaster castellanensis Pictet p. 271
1862Astropecten castellanensis Dujardin and Hupé p. 430
1893Astropecten castellanensis Sacco p. 745
1909Crenaster castellanensis von Linstow p. 57
1955Astropecten castellanensis Hess p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusAstropecten
speciescastellanensis()

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.

†Astropecten castellanensis d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
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