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Mecaster
Taxonomy
Mecaster was named by Pomel (1883).
It was reranked as Hemiaster (Mecaster) by Fischer (1966) and Berndt (2003).
It was assigned to Hemiaster by Fischer (1966) and Berndt (2003); to Spatangoida by Smith (2006); and to Hemiasteridae by Smith (1991), Smith (1995), Manso and Andrade (2008) and Smith (2010).
It was reranked as Hemiaster (Mecaster) by Fischer (1966) and Berndt (2003).
It was assigned to Hemiaster by Fischer (1966) and Berndt (2003); to Spatangoida by Smith (2006); and to Hemiasteridae by Smith (1991), Smith (1995), Manso and Andrade (2008) and Smith (2010).
Species
Hemiaster (Mecaster) luynesi, Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus, M. africanus, M. aumalensis, M. batnensis (syn. Hemiaster jacksoni, Leiostomaster boesei, Hemiaster delgadoi, Hemiaster cedroensis), M. fourneli, M. nicaisei, M. orbignyanus, M. palpebratus, M. pseudofourneli, M. semicavatus, M. toucasanus, M. verneuili, M. victoris
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
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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. †Mecaster Pomel 1883
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†Hemiaster (Mecaster) luynesi Cotteau 1869
†Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus Conrad in Lynch 1852
†Mecaster africanus Coquand 1862
†Mecaster aumalensis Coquand 1862
†Mecaster batnensis Coquand 1862
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Invalid names: Hemiaster cedroensis Maury 1936 [synonym], Hemiaster delgadoi de Loriol 1888 [synonym], Hemiaster jacksoni Maury 1925 [synonym]
†Mecaster fourneli Agassiz and Dessor 1847
†Mecaster nicaisei Coquand 1862
†Mecaster orbignyanus Desor 1857
†Mecaster palpebratus Loriol 1888
†Mecaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier 1878
†Mecaster semicavatus Peron and Gauthier 1880
†Mecaster toucasanus d'Orbigny 1854
†Mecaster verneuili Desor 1847
†Mecaster victoris Lambert 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available