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Clypeaster  Lamarck, 1801
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157987

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 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  
             SubphylumEchinozoa Haeckel, 1895  
                ClassEchinoidea Leske, 1778 – heart urchins, sand dollars, sea urchins, châtaignes de mer, clypéastres, oursins, bolacha da praia, equinóide, ouriço do mar, heart urchins, sand dollars, sea urchins, urchins  
                   SubclassEuechinoidea Bronn, 1860  
                      SuperorderGnathostomata Zittel, 1879  
                         OrderClypeasteroida A. Agassiz, 1872 – sand dollars, sand dollars  
                            SuborderClypeasterina L. Agassiz, 1872  
                               FamilyClypeasteridae L. Agassiz, 1835  
                                  GenusClypeaster Lamarck, 1801  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Clypeaster chesheri Serafy, 1970  
                                     Species Clypeaster cyclopilus H. L. Clark, 1941  
                                     Species Clypeaster durandi   
                                     Species Clypeaster euclastus H. L. Clark, 1941  
                                     Species Clypeaster europacificus H. L. Clark  
                                     Species Clypeaster lutkeni   
                                     Species Clypeaster prostratus Ravenel, 1848  
                                     Species Clypeaster ravenelii (A. Agassiz, 1869)  
                                     Species Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) – sea biscuit, sea biscuit 
                                     Species Clypeaster subdepressus (Gray, 1825) – sand dollar, sand dollar 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Clypeaster   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hendler, Gordon, John E. Miller, David L. Pawson, and Porter M. Kier  
  Publication Date: 1995   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean   
  Page(s): xi + 390   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-450-3   
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  Reference for: Clypeaster   
       

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