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Echinoidea name details

Hesperaster crassus H.L. Clark, 1938 †

755893  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:755893)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Neognathostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Luminacea (Superorder)
  10. Clypeasteroida (Order)
  11. Clypeasterina (Suborder)
  12. Clypeasteridae (Family)
  13. Ammotrophinae (Subfamily)
  14. Hesperaster † (Genus)
  15. Hesperaster crassus † (Species)
 unaccepted (parent taxon considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 413-414; fig. 35A [details]   
Note near salt lake on Rottnest Island, Western...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality near salt lake on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia [details]
Type material Holotype: WAM 115-37
WAM = Western Australian Museum [details]
Distribution Western Australia  
Distribution Western Australia [details]

Fossil range Quarternary  
Fossil range Quarternary [details]

Status The parent taxon (Hesperaster) was considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus by Mortensen (1948: p. 151). While he did not...  
Status The parent taxon (Hesperaster) was considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus by Mortensen (1948: p. 151). While he did not formally mention the new combination Ammotrophus crassus, it appears clear that he considered all Hesperater species to belong to Ammotrophus. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Hesperaster crassus H.L. Clark, 1938 †. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=755893 on 2024-04-19
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original description Clark, H. L. (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoöology at Harvard College.</em> 55: 1-597, 28 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4374780
page(s): 413-414; fig. 35A [details]   

basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 59 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
From editor or global species database
Distribution Western Australia [details]

Fossil range Quarternary [details]

Status The parent taxon (Hesperaster) was considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus by Mortensen (1948: p. 151). While he did not formally mention the new combination Ammotrophus crassus, it appears clear that he considered all Hesperater species to belong to Ammotrophus. [details]

Type locality near salt lake on Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Australia [details]

Type material Holotype: WAM 115-37
WAM = Western Australian Museum [details]
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