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Zoroasteridae

Asteroidea - Zoroasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Zoroasteridae Sladen p. 416
1966Zoroasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U74
1970Zoroasteridae Downey p. 1
1987Zoroasteridae Gale p. 126
1989Zoroasteridae Blake p. 213
2006Zoroasteridae Eagle p. 83
2011Zoroasteridae Gale p. 60
2012Zoroasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3
2020Zoroasteridae Ewin and Gale p. 942

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
familyZoroasteridae
familyZoroasteridae

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. Zoroasteridae Sladen 1889
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G. Doraster Downey 1970
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Doraster mizunoi Kato and Oji 2013
G. Zoroaster Thomson 1873
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Zoroaster fulgens Thomson 1873
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. K. Eagle 2006 Arms five, long, ridged, tapering distally, sub-cylindrical, with longitudinal and transverse series of abactinal ossicles; carinals prominent, each with large spine; disc small, with large primary disc ossicles; adambulacral plates alternately carinate, non-carinate, small and large; superambulacral plates present; pedicellariae straight (after Rowe & Gates