World Echinoidea Database - Macraster elegans (Shumard, 1853) †

Traits taxon details

Macraster elegans (Shumard, 1853) †

AphiaID

746353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:746353)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Macraster Roemer, 1888 †

Original name

Hemiaster elegans Shumard, 1853 †

Synonymised names

Macraster kentensis Adkins, 1930 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Macraster obesus Adkins, 1930 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Macraster pseudoelegans Adkins, 1930 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Macraster elegans (Shumard, 1853) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746353 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Macraster elegans (Shumard, 1853) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746353 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-01-07 13:13:43Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Macraster kentensis Adkins, 1930 †) Adkins, W. S. 1930. Texas Comanchean echinoids of the genus Macraster. The University of Texas Bulletin 3001, 101-120.
page(s): 106-108; pl. 11: figs. 1-3, 5 [details]

original description (of Macraster obesus Adkins, 1930 †) Adkins, W. S. 1930. Texas Comanchean echinoids of the genus Macraster. The University of Texas Bulletin 3001, 101-120.
page(s): 116-119; pl. 10: figs. 2-4, pl. 11: fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Macraster pseudoelegans Adkins, 1930 †) Adkins, W. S. 1930. Texas Comanchean echinoids of the genus Macraster. The University of Texas Bulletin 3001, 101-120.
page(s): 108-110; pl. 10: figs. 1, 5, pl. 11: fig. 4 [details]

basis of record Kamyabi Shadan, H., Villier, L., Sadeghi, A. & Adabi, M. H. (2014). A Revision of the Macraster species (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) occurring in the Albian deposits of the Zagros basin, Southwest Iran. <em>Annales de Paléontologie.</em> 100(1): 51-62., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annpal.2013.11.003 [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macraster pseudoelegans Adkins, 1930 †)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)