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Dendraster gibbsii

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Taxonomy
Scutella gibbsii was named by Rémond (1863).

It was recombined as Echinarachnius gibbsi by Merriam (1899); it was recombined as Echinarachinus gibbsii by Pack (1909); it was recombined as Dendraster gibbsii by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Kew (1920), Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Durham (1955).

Subspecies

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Scutella gibbsii Rémond p. 13
1866Scutella gibbsii Gabb p. 37 figs. PI. 13, Fig. 66, 66 a
1899Echinarachnius gibbsi Merriam p. 169
1909Echinarachinus gibbsii Pack p. 282
1915Dendraster gibbsii Clark and Twitchell p. 193
1920Dendraster gibbsii Kew pp. 122 - 124 figs. Plate 25, figures 2a, 2b, 2c
1938Dendraster gibbsii Grant and Hertlein p. 88
1955Dendraster gibbsii Durham p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderScutelliformes
familyDendrasteridae
genusDendraster
speciesgibbsii(Rémond 1863)

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Dendraster gibbsii Rémond 1863
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Diagnosis
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