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Crenaster desmoulinsi

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Crenaster desmoulinsii was named by Meneghini (1862). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Crenaster desmoulinsi by Hess (1955).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Crenaster desmoulinsii Meneghini p. 8
1896Crenaster desmoulinsii del Prato p. 47
1909Crenaster desmoulinsii von Linstow p. 55
1955Crenaster desmoulinsi Hess p. 86

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

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.

†Crenaster desmoulinsi Meneghini 1862
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Diagnosis
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