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Eokainaster pewei

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Astropectinidae

Taxonomy
Astropecten pewei was named by Miller and Unklesbay (1943). It is not extant. Its type specimen is State University of Iowa, Holotype SUI 2149. It is the type species of Eokainaster.

It was recombined as Archastropecten pewei by Hess (1955); it was recombined as Eokainaster pewei by Blake (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Astropecten pewei Miller and Unklesbay p. 179 figs. pl. 30 fig. 5
1948Astropecten pewei Durham and Roberts pp. 432, 437
1955Archastropecten pewei Hess pp. 44-45
1981Eokainaster pewei Blake pp. 42-45 figs. pl. 1, fig. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyAstropectinidae
genusEokainaster
speciespewei()

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.

Eokainaster pewei Miller and Unklesbay 1943
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. B. Blake 1981As for the genus, by monotypy