Ammotrophus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clypeasterina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Gnathostomata Ordo: Clypeasteroida Subordo: Clypeasterina

Familia: Clypeasteridae
Subfamilia: Ammotrophinae
Genus: Ammotrophus
Species: A. arachnoides – †A. crassus – A. cyclius – A. platyterus

Name

• Ammotrophus H.L. Clark, 1928
  • Type species: Ammotrophus cyclius H.L. Clark, 1928, by original designation

Synonymy

• Hesperaster H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Synonymized by Mortensen (1948)
  • Type species: Hesperaster arachnoides H.L. Clark, 1938, by original designation

References

• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum. 3(4): 361-482. BHL Reference page.  [as Ammotrophus p. 471 (original description)]
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Hesperaster p. 411 (original description)]
• Durham, J.W. 1955. Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences. 31: 73–198. Internet Archive Reference page.  [as Ammotrophus p. 127–128]