WoRMS name details
Adelostellata
1596250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1596250)
Austin & Austin, 1842
unaccepted (polypheletic)
Class
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Austin, T. & Austin, T. (1842). Proposed arrangement of the Echinodermata, particularly as regards the Crinoidea and a subdivision of the Class Adelostella (Echinidæ). <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 10, 106-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324065
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
Status Durham & Melville (1957: 267) treated Adelostellata as objective junior synonym of Echinoidea, but Austin & Austin included...
Status Durham & Melville (1957: 267) treated Adelostellata as objective junior synonym of Echinoidea, but Austin & Austin included both echinoids, as well as forms such as cystoids and blastoids in this group, making it polyphyletic. [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Adelostellata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1596250 on 2024-04-24
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Austin, T. & Austin, T. (1842). Proposed arrangement of the Echinodermata, particularly as regards the Crinoidea and a subdivision of the Class Adelostella (Echinidæ). <em>The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology.</em> 10, 106-113., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324065
page(s): 111 [details]
page(s): 111 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Durham & Melville (1957: 267) treated Adelostellata as objective junior synonym of Echinoidea, but Austin & Austin included both echinoids, as well as forms such as cystoids and blastoids in this group, making it polyphyletic. [details]
