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Astropectinidae

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Astropectinidae Gray p. 180
1884Astropectinidae Perrier p. 266
1889Astropectinidae Sladen p. 175
1915Astropectinidae Clark and Twitchell p. 40
1966Astropectinidae Spencer and Wright p. U45
1972Astropectinidae Hess p. 7
1987Astropectinidae Gale p. 124
1989Astropectinidae Blake p. 213
1993Astropectinidae Donovan et al. p. 129
1995Astropectinidae Blake and Sturgeon p. 377
2005Astropectinidae Blake and Jagt p. 189
2005Astropectinidae Donovan et al. p. 101
2007Astropectinidae Villier et al. p. 415
2008Astropectinidae Villier p. 148
2010Astropectinidae Villier p. 704
2011Astropectinidae Gale p. 57
2012Astropectinidae Mah and Blake p. 3
2014Astropectinidae Fernández et al. p. 213
2020Astropectinidae Ewin and Gale p. 932
2020Astropectinidae Gale p. 310

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
familyAstropectinidae

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.

Fm. Astropectinidae Gray 1840
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G. †Advenaster Hess 1955
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†Advenaster inermis Hess 1955
G. †Aldebarania Blake and Sturgeon 1995
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†Aldebarania arenitea Blake and Sturgeon 1995
†Aldebarania taberna Blake and Jagt 2005
G. †Astrocratis Blake and Sprinkle 1996
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†Astrocratis acutispina Blake and Sprinkle 1996
G. Astropecten Gray 1840
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†Astropecten adriaticus Desmoulins 1832
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Invalid names: Astropecten salomacensis Valette 1925 [synonym], Astropecten saucatsensis Valette 1925 [synonym]
Astropecten aranciaca Linnaeus 1758
†Astropecten bathonicus Valette 1929
†Astropecten bononiensis Cavara 1886
†Astropecten castellanensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Astropecten casterasi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten corroyi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten crenulatus Seguenza 1880
†Astropecten delaunayi Mercier 1935
†Astropecten forbesi Heller 1858
†Astropecten foveolatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten granulatus Rasmussen 1972
†Astropecten helveticus Mayer 1872
†Astropecten linati del Prato 1896
†Astropecten matilijaensis Durham and Roberts 1948
†Astropecten montalionis Meneghini 1852
†Astropecten montanus Douglass 1903
†Astropecten moutieri Mercier 1935
†Astropecten navodicensis Nosowska 1997
†Astropecten ornatus Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten petrobonae Meneghini 1886
†Astropecten pichleri von Wöhrmann 1889
†Astropecten piveteaui Mercier 1935
†Astropecten porosus Agassiz 1835
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Invalid names: Coelaster couloni Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
†Astropecten scupini Andert 1934
†Astropecten soldanii Meneghini 1862
†Astropecten verrucosus Heller 1858
Subfm. Astropectininae Gray 1840
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G. †Lambertella Mercier 1935
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†Lambertella valetti Mercier 1935
G. †Lophidiaster Spencer 1913
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†Lophidiaster concavus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster haunsbergensis Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster hawkinsi Mercier 1935
†Lophidiaster inversus Rasmussen 1972
†Lophidiaster ornatus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster postornatus Rasmussen 1945
†Lophidiaster punctatus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943
†Lophidiaster pygmaeus Spencer 1913
†Lophidiaster silentiensis McLearn 1944
G. †Boxaster Loba and Radwańska 2022
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†Boxaster wapienensis Loba and Radwańska 2022
G. †Coulonia de Loriol 1874
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†Coulonia caseyi Gale 2020
†Coulonia colei Forbes 1852
†Coulonia neocomiensis de Loriol 1874
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Invalid names: Cuneaster hauteriviensis Hess 1955 [synonym]
†Coulonia parva Neumann and Hess 2001
†Coulonia platispina Hess and Blake 1995
†Coulonia platyspina Hess and Blake 1995
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Invalid names: Betelgeusia orientalis Blake and Reboul 2011 [synonym]
Invalid names: Betelgeusia Blake and Reid 1998 [synonym], Cuneaster Hess 1955 [objective synonym]
G. Ctenophoraster Fisher 1906
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†Ctenophoraster downeyae Blake and Zinsmeister 1979
G. Dipsacaster Alcock 1893
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†Dipsacaster africanus Blake and Reboul 2011
†Dipsacaster jadeti Breton et al. 1995
G. †Eoastropecten Gale 2020
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G. †Eokainaster Blake 1981
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†Eokainaster pewei Miller and Unklesbay 1943
G. †Pentasteria Valette 1929
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†Archastropecten carroni de Loriol 1894
†Archastropecten carthusiae Hérenger 1944
†Archastropecten desori de Loriol 1874
†Archastropecten hooperi Wright 1880
†Archastropecten lorioli de Loriol and Pellat 1874
†Archastropecten mabillei de Loriol 1880
†Archastropecten orion Forbes 1848
†Archastropecten priscus Goldfuss 1833
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Invalid names: Asterias breviassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym], Asterias longassula Quenstedt 1876 [synonym]
†Archastropecten rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850
†Archastropecten wilckensis de Loriol 1905
†Archastropecten wittsii Wright 1863
†Pentasteria boisteli Valette 1929
†Pentasteria elegans Fraas 1886
†Pentasteria gataui de Loriol 1887
†Pentasteria liasica Villier et al. 2004
†Pentasteria recta McCoy 1848
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Invalid names: Crenaster nodotiana d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia nodosa de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
Invalid names: Crenaster d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Triboletia de Loriol 1908 [synonym]
G. Persephonaster Wood-Mason and Alcock 1891
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G. Plutonaster Sladen 1889
G. †Prothrissacanthias Villier et al. 2007
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†Prothrissacanthias africanus Villier et al. 2007
G. †Riedaster Kutscher and Röper 1999
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†Riedaster reicheli Kutscher and Röper 1999
G. Tethyaster Sladen 1889
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†Tethyaster albertensis Hall and Moore 1990
†Tethyaster antares Fernández et al. 2014
†Tethyaster guerangeri Breton 1995
†Tethyaster jurassicus Blake 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available