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Lepidasterella

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Lepidasterella was named by Schuchert (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-u C Serp-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Helianthaster gyalum.

It was assigned to Lepidasteridae by Schuchert (1915); to Taeniactininae by Spencer (1927); to Helianthasterinae by Owen (1965); to Taeniactinidae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Hemizonida by Sepkoski (2002); to Helianthasteridae by Welsh (1984) and Blake (2009); and to Asteroidea by Blake (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Lepidasterella Schuchert
1915Lepidasterella Schuchert p. 160
1927Lepidasterella Spencer pp. 383-384
1965Lepidasterella Owen p. 561
1966Lepidasterella Spencer and Wright p. U65
1984Lepidasterella Welsh p. 845
2002Lepidasterella Sepkoski
2009Lepidasterella Blake p. 303
2018Lepidasterella Blake p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
genusLepidasterella

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.

G. †Lepidasterella Schuchert 1914
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Lepidasterella babcocki Schuchert 1915
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Welsh 1984Helianthasteridae with 24-35 arms; ambulacrals rectangular, counterparts on two sides of arm arranged opposite; adambulacrals wide, curved, offset from corre- sponding ambulacrals, with one to several spines; madreporite large, circular, aboral; aboral skeleton unknown.