World Echinoidea Database - Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900

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Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900

AphiaID

510665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:510665)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Scutelloidea Gray, 1825

Direct children (4)

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Genus Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Genus Merriamaster Lambert, 1911 † accepted as Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 (subjective junior synonym)
Genus Orchoporus Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 † accepted as Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 (subjective junior synonym)
Genus Twitchellia Lambert, 1916 † accepted as Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510665 on 2025-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-31 07:25:31Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2012-09-07 08:47:35Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212., available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1477-2019&volume=8&issue=2&spage=147
page(s): 172 [details]

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