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Astropecten
Taxonomy
Astropecten was named by Gray (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 338]. It is extant. Its type is Asterias aranciaca. It is the type genus of Astropectininae.
It was reranked as Asterias (Astropecten) by McCoy (1848).
It was assigned to Asterias by McCoy (1848); to Astropectininae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astropectinidae by Gray (1840), Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Donovan et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Asterias (Astropecten) by McCoy (1848).
It was assigned to Asterias by McCoy (1848); to Astropectininae by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Paxillosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astropectinidae by Gray (1840), Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Donovan et al. (2005).
Species
A. adriaticus (syn. A. saucatsensis, A. salomacensis), A. aranciaca, A. armatus, A. bathonicus, A. betzensteinensis, A. bispinosus, A. bononiensis, A. castellanensis, A. casterasi, A. corroyi, A. crenulatus, A. delaunayi, A. forbesi, A. foveolatus, A. granulatus, A. helveticus, A. irregularis, A. linati, A. matilijaensis, A. montalionis, A. montanus, A. moutieri, A. navodicensis, A. ornatus, A. petrobonae, A. pichleri, A. piveteaui, A. porosus (syn. Coelaster couloni), A. scupini, A. soldanii, A. taurolaevis, A. verrucosus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1840 | Astropecten Gray |
| 1848 | Asterias (Astropecten) McCoy |
| 1915 | Astropecten Clark and Twitchell p. 40 |
| 1966 | Astropecten Spencer and Wright p. U45 |
| 2002 | Astropecten Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Astropecten Donovan et al. p. 101 |
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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. Astropecten Gray 1840
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†Astropecten adriaticus Desmoulins 1832
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Invalid names: Astropecten salomacensis Valette 1925 [synonym], Astropecten saucatsensis Valette 1925 [synonym]
Astropecten aranciaca Linnaeus 1758
Astropecten armatus Gray 1840
†Astropecten bathonicus Valette 1929
†Astropecten betzensteinensis Lehner 1937
Astropecten bispinosus Otto 1823
†Astropecten bononiensis Cavara 1886
†Astropecten castellanensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Astropecten casterasi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten corroyi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten crenulatus Seguenza 1880
†Astropecten delaunayi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten forbesi Heller 1858
†Astropecten foveolatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten granulatus Rasmussen 1972
†Astropecten helveticus Mayer 1872
Astropecten irregularis Pennant 1777
†Astropecten linati del Prato 1896
†Astropecten matilijaensis Durham and Roberts 1948
†Astropecten montalionis Meneghini 1852
†Astropecten montanus Douglass 1903
†Astropecten moutieri Mercier 1935
†Astropecten navodicensis Nosowska 1997
†Astropecten ornatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten petrobonae Meneghini 1886
†Astropecten pichleri von Wöhrmann 1889
†Astropecten piveteaui Mercier 1935
†Astropecten scupini Andert 1934
†Astropecten soldanii Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten taurolaevis Sacco 1893
†Astropecten verrucosus Heller 1858
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966 | Intermarginal facet small, not angular; inferomarginals with irregularly distributed horseshoe-shaped tubercles, which bear long spines of varying size. |