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Holaster cinctus

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Ananchytes cinctus was named by Morton (1830). Its type specimen is ANSP 1485, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cardiaster cinctus by Clark and Twitchell (1915); it was recombined as Holaster cinctus by Cooke (1942) and Cooke (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. bischoffi, H. subglobosus, H. suborbicularis

Synonyms
  • Ananchytes fimbriatus was named by Morton (1830). Its type specimen is ANSP 1485, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Cardiaster fimbriatus by d'Orbigny (1885); it was synonymized subjectively with Holaster cinctus by Cooke (1959).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ananchytes cinctus Morton p. 200
1830Ananchytes fimbriatus Morton p. 200
1885Cardiaster fimbriatus d'Orbigny p. 146
1915Cardiaster cinctus Clark and Twitchell p. 83
1942Holaster cinctus Cooke p. 52
1959Holaster cinctus Cooke p. 65

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusHolasterAgassiz 1836
speciescinctus(Morton 1830)

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.

†Holaster cinctus Morton 1830
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Invalid names: Cardiaster fimbriatus Morton 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available