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Cyclaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Cyclaster was named by Cotteau (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 956]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spatangidae by Cooke (1942); to Brissidae by Fischer (1966), Henderson (1975) and Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Cyclaster Cotteau
1942Cyclaster Cooke p. 50
1949Palmeraster Sánchez Roig p. 268
1966Cyclaster Fischer p. U584
1966Palmeraster Fischer p. U555
1975Cyclaster Henderson p. 39
1984Cyclaster Kier p. 86
2002Cyclaster Sepkoski
2002Palmeraster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusCyclasterCotteau 1856

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. Cyclaster Cotteau 1856
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Cyclaster aturicus Seunes 1888
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Invalid names: Brissopneustes vindobonensis Kuehn 1930 [synonym]
Cyclaster danicus Schlüter 1897
Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke 1942
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Invalid names: Cyclaster brodermani Sanchez roig 1949 [synonym], Palmeraster palmeri Sanchez Roig 1949 [synonym]
Cyclaster galei Jeffery 1997
Cyclaster jacksoni Lambert 1924
Cyclaster posita Hutton 1873
Cyclaster sanchezi Lambert 1922
Invalid names: Palmeraster Sánchez Roig 1949 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available