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Pentasteria (Archastropecten)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Archastropecten Hess
1966Pentasteria (Archastropecten) Spencer and Wright p. U46
2011Pentasteria (Archastropecten) Gale p. 57

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

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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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
Diagnosis
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