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Protarthraster

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Protarthraster was named by Spencer (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Palaeaster longimanus. It is the type genus of Protarthrasterinae.

It was assigned to Protarthrasterinae by Owen (1965) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asteroidea by Blake (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Protarthraster Spencer
1965Protarthraster Owen p. 566
1966Protarthraster Spencer and Wright p. U74
2002Protarthraster Sepkoski
2018Protarthraster Blake p. 56

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

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. †Protarthraster Spencer 1918
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Protarthraster longimanus Whidborne 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available