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Mastaster villersensis
Taxonomy
Mastaster villersensis was named by Mercier (1935). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle of Le Havre, Neotype MHNH 2247 A. It is the type species of Mastaster.
It was recombined as Phocidaster villersensis by Mercier (1936); it was recombined as Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis by Wright and Wright (1940).
It was recombined as Phocidaster villersensis by Mercier (1936); it was recombined as Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis by Wright and Wright (1940).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Mastaster villersensis Mercier pp. 21-22 figs. pl. 3 fig. 1 |
| 1936 | Phocidaster villersensis Mercier p. 98 |
| 1940 | Calliderma (Mastaster) villersensis Wright and Wright pp. 241-243 figs. 11-12, pl. 14, pl. 15 fig. 1, 2, 4, 7 |
| 1966 | Mastaster villersensis Spencer and Wright p. U62 fig. 55.2 |
| 1978 | Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 34-42 figs. pl. 6, fig. 29-30 19-23, pl. 5 fig. 22-2 |
| 1988 | Mastaster villersensis Smith et al. pp. 203-204 figs. pl. 42 fig. 3-7, pl. 43 fig. 3 |
| 1992 | Mastaster villersensis Breton pp. 370-385 figs. 151-161, pl. 46-47 |
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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.
†Mastaster villersensis Mercier 1935
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Breton 1992 | Same as the genus, by monotypy. |