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Plinthaster ceramoideus  (Fisher, 1906)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 656056

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tosia ceramoidea Fisher, 1906
  
    Plinthaster ceramoidea (Fisher, 1906)
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyGoniasteridae Forbes, 1841  
                            GenusPlinthaster Verrill, 1899  
                               SpeciesPlinthaster ceramoideus (Fisher, 1906)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ahearn, Cynthia Gust  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of the Type Specimens of Seastars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, no. 572   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brown, Roland Wilbur  
  Publication Date: 1956   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Composition of Scientific Words   
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  Reference for: Plinthaster ceramoideus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fisher, Walter Kenrick  
  Publication Date: 1911   
  Article/Chapter Title: Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: United States National Museum Bulletin, no. 76   
  Page(s): vi + 419   
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  Notes: Available online: http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7840387   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: The original epithet, ceramoidea, appears to be 'ceramo-' (potter's clay, ceramic, etc.) with the oideus suffix, which takes the regular -us, -a, um adjectival endings (Brown 1956:483). Fisher (1911:154) elevated the subgenus Tosia (Plinthaster) to generic rank, and modified the epithet to reflect its masculine gender, Plinthaster ceramoideus (Fisher, 1906). This is what appears to have been used in the literature consistently until the late 1990s, and Fisher's formulation appears to be justified and correct  
 

 

    

 
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