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Hernandezaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Hernandezaster is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hemiasteridae by Fischer (1966); to Brissidae by Kier (1984); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Hernandezaster Fischer p. U559
1984Hernandezaster Kier p. 113
2002Hernandezaster 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
genusHernandezaster

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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Hernandezaster hernandezi Sanchez Roig 1949
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available