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Echinoidea name detailsHesperaster crassus H.L. Clark, 1938 †
755893 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:755893)
unaccepted (parent taxon considered a junior synonym of Ammotrophus)
Species
marine,
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...
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 2025-05-13
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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  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] |
