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Disaster

Echinoidea - Disasteridae

Taxonomy
Disaster is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Disasteridae, Disasterinae.

It was assigned to Disasterinae by Jesionek-Szymanska (1963); to Disasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966) and Smith (1995); and to Disasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Sister genera
Dysaster

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Dysaster Agassiz
1963Disaster Jesionek-Szymanska p. 379
1966Disaster Wagner and Durham p. U527
1995Disaster Smith p. 750
2002Disaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
familyDisasteridae
genusDisaster

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. †Disaster
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Disaster granulosus Goldfuss 1827
Disaster moeschi Desor 1858
Disaster subelongatus d'Orbigny 1853
Invalid names: Dysaster Agassiz 1839 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available