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Pegaster sticos

Asteroidea - Asteriidae

Taxonomy
Pegaster sticos was named by Blake and Peterson (1993). It is not extant. Its type specimen is United-States National Museum, Holotype USNM 461303.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Pegaster sticos Blake and Peterson pp. 586-589 figs. 1.1-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
familyAsteriidae
genusPegaster
speciessticos

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.

†Pegaster sticos Blake and Peterson 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake and D.S. Peterson 1993Neomorphasterid with relatively short, blunt arms and stout ossicles