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Asterias bituminosa

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Asterias bituminosa was named by Geinitz (1849).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. forbesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Asterias bituminosa Geinitz p. 32
1861Asterias bituminosa Geinitz p. 109

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
subfamilyAsteriinae
genusAsterias
speciesbituminosaGeinitz 1849

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.

†Asterias bituminosa Geinitz 1849
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Diagnosis
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