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Protremaster universalis

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Protremaster universalis was named by Smith and Tranter (1985). It is not extant. Its type specimen is British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, Holotype KG.2986.17. It is the type species of Protremaster. It was considered monophyletic by Smith and Tranter (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Protremaster universalis Smith and Tranter pp. 351-358 figs. 2-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Spinulosida()
—Chevronida
—Velatida()
—Korethrasteridae()
genusProtremaster
speciesuniversalis

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.

†Protremaster universalis Smith and Tranter 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. B. Smith and T.H. Tranter 1985As for the genus by monotypy