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Clypeaster

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Clypeaster Lamarck p. 341
1915Clypeaster Clark and Twitchell p. 136
1920Clypeaster Kew p. 58
1937Clypeaster Jackson p. 230
1938Clypeaster Grant and Hertlein p. 42
1942Clypeaster Cooke p. 11
1955Clypeaster Durham p. 118 figs. Figs. 1, g, j; 15, a and b; 25; 26, a, n; 28, d
1961Clypeaster Durham p. 481
1966Clypeaster Durham p. U462
1968Clypeaster Nisiyama p. 32
1994Clypeaster Ragaini p. 289
1997Clypeaster Kier p. 8
2002Clypeaster Sepkoski
2005Clypeaster Donovan et al. p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderClypeasterina()
familyClypeasteridae()
genusClypeaster

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. Clypeaster Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) Agassiz 1863
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Clypeaster abruptus Sanchez Roig 1926
Clypeaster antillarum Cotteau 1875
Clypeaster batheri Lambert 1915
Clypeaster bowersi Weaver 1908
Clypeaster butleri McNamara and Kendrick 1994
Clypeaster caudatus Jackson 1922
Clypeaster concavus Cotteau 1875
Clypeaster cotteaui Egozcue 1897
Clypeaster cubensis Cotteau 1875
Clypeaster deserti Kew 1914
Clypeaster excentricum Agassiz 1816
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Invalid names: Asterostoma dickersoni Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym], Asterostoma irregularis Sanchez Roig 1952 [synonym]
Clypeaster gatuni Jackson 1917
Clypeaster herrerae Lambert 1926
Clypeaster humilis Leske 1778
Clypeaster japonicus Döderlein 1885
Clypeaster lanceolatus Cotteau 1897
Clypeaster lopezriosi Sanchez-Roig 1953
Clypeaster meridanensis Michelin 1850
Clypeaster ochrus Clark 1914
Clypeaster oxybaphon Jackson 1922
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Invalid names: Clypeaster pinarensis Lambert and Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster platygaster Jackson 1922 [synonym], Clypeaster polygonalis Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym], Clypeaster profundus Sanchez-Roig 1949 [synonym]
Clypeaster parrae Desmoulins 1835
Clypeaster parvus Michelin 1861
Clypeaster placentoides Jackson 1922
Clypeaster planipetalum Cotteau 1897
Clypeaster reticulatus Linnaeus 1758
Clypeaster rogersi Morton 1834
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Invalid names: Clypeaster douvillei Stefanini 1911 [synonym], Clypeaster marinanus Jackson 1937 [synonym], Scutella jonesi Forbes 1845 [synonym]
Clypeaster rosaceus Linnaeus 1758
Clypeaster rotundus Agassiz 1863
Clypeaster saipanicus Cooke 1957
Clypeaster sanchezi Lambert 1924
Clypeaster speciosus Verrill 1870
Clypeaster topilanus Jackson 1937
Clypeaster virescens Döderlein 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available