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Pleiadeaster

Asteroidea - Hadrosida

Taxonomy
Pleiadeaster was named by Webster et al. (1999). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Webster et al. (1999); and to Hadrosida by Blake (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Pleiadeaster Webster et al. p. 478
2018Pleiadeaster Blake p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
genusPleiadeaster

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. †Pleiadeaster Webster et al. 1999
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Pleiadeaster inceptus Webster et al. 1999
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Webster et al. 1999Ambulacrals robust, bilateral; Podial pores well-defined, funnel-shaped, medial on ossicles. One or two rows of paxillate marginals aligned with rows of transversely and longitudinally aligned discoidal dorsals; extraxial ossicles form probably uniform, ossicles comparatively small relative to body size, ossicles with a low central pustule. Disk small relative to arm length, interbrachial angle acute, arm long, evenly tapered, probably cylindrical. Ambulacrals and adambulacrals probably paired, not offset.