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Pentagonaster

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Goniasteridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pentagonaster Gray
1841Pentagonaster Forbes
1842Astrogonium Müller and Troschel
1848Goniaster (Astrogonium) Forbes p. 473
1915Pentagonaster Clark and Twitchell p. 40
1966Pentagonaster Spencer and Wright p. U58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyGoniasteridae
subfamilyGoniasterinae
genusPentagonaster

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. Pentagonaster Gray 1840
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Pentagonaster browni Weller 1905
Pentagonaster muelleri Heller 1858
Invalid names: Astrogonium Müller and Troschel 1842 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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