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Goniaster
Taxonomy
Goniaster was named by Agassiz (1836). It is extant. It is the type genus of Goniasteridae, Goniasterinae.
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Forbes (1841); to Atheneidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); and to Goniasterinae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
It was assigned to Goniasteridae by Forbes (1841); to Atheneidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915); and to Goniasterinae by Spencer and Wright (1966).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1836 | Goniaster Agassiz |
| 1841 | Goniaster Forbes |
| 1915 | Goniaster Clark and Twitchell p. 42 |
| 1966 | Goniaster Spencer and Wright p. U57 |
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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.
G. Goniaster Agassiz 1836
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Subg. Goniaster (Stellaster) Gray 1840
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†Stellaster ottoi Geinitz 1871
†Stellaster tuberculifer Dreschner 1863
†Goniaster marginatus Forbes 1848
†Goniaster scrobiculatus Heller 1858
†Goniaster stokesii Forbes 1848
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available