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Sternotaxis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Echinocoridae

Taxonomy
Sternotaxis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Echinocoridae by Djabarov (1964); to Holasteridae by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Holasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Sternotaxis Djabarov p. 21
1966Sternotaxis Wagner and Durham p. U533
2002Sternotaxis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
familyEchinocoridaeLambert 1917
genusSternotaxis

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.

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Sternotaxis planus Mantell 1822
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available