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Stegaster

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae

Taxonomy
Stegaster was named by Pomel (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes-l K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 577].

It was assigned to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Stegaster Pomel p. 48
1966Stegaster Wagner and Durham p. U533
2002Seunaster Sepkoski
2002Stegaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderHolasteroida
suborderMeridosternata
familyHolasteridae
genusStegaster

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. †Stegaster Pomel 1883
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Stegaster palaeocenicus Smith et al. 1999
Invalid names: Seunaster [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available