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Pentasteria

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Crenaster d'Orbigny p. 56
1908Triboletia de Loriol p. 152
1909Astropecten (Crenaster) von Linstow p. 56
1929Pentasteria Valette
1966Pentasteria Spencer and Wright p. U46
1972Pentasteria Hess p. 9
2002Pentasteria Sepkoski
2008Pentasteria Villier p. 148
2011Pentasteria Gale p. 57
2020Pentasteria Gale p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusPentasteria

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. †Pentasteria Valette 1929
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Archastropecten carroni de Loriol 1894
Archastropecten carthusiae Hérenger 1944
Archastropecten desori de Loriol 1874
Archastropecten hooperi Wright 1880
Archastropecten lorioli de Loriol and Pellat 1874
Archastropecten mabillei de Loriol 1880
Archastropecten orion Forbes 1848
Archastropecten priscus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Asterias breviassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym], Asterias longassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym]
Archastropecten rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850
Archastropecten wilckensis de Loriol 1905
Archastropecten wittsii Wright 1863
Pentasteria boisteli Valette 1929
Pentasteria elegans Fraas 1886
Pentasteria gataui de Loriol 1887
Pentasteria liasica Villier et al. 2004
Pentasteria recta McCoy 1848
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Invalid names: Crenaster nodotiana d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia nodosa de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crenaster d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available