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Acanthaster
Taxonomy
Acanthaster was named by Gervais (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Acanthasteridae by Sladen (1889), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Gale (2011).
It was assigned to Acanthasteridae by Sladen (1889), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Gale (2011).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Acanthaster Gervais |
| 1889 | Acanthaster Sladen |
| 1966 | Acanthaster Spencer and Wright p. U70 |
| 2011 | Acanthaster Gale p. 60 |
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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. Acanthaster Gervais 1841
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available