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Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke, 1942

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyclaster drewryensis Cooke, 1942
Name authority
Cooke, 1942
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
Spatangoida
Family
Micrasteridae
Genus
Cyclaster
Extinction status
Recorded extinct

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumEchinodermata
  4. subphylumEchinozoa
  5. classEchinoidea Schumacher, 1817
  6. subclassEuechinoidea Bronn, 1860
  7. infraclassIrregularia Latreille, 1825
  8. subterclassAtelostomata von Zittel, 1879
  9. orderSpatangoida L. Agassiz, 1840
  10. suborderMicrasterina Fischer, 1966
  11. familyMicrasteridae Lambert, 1920
  12. subfamilyCyclasterinae Poslavskaya, 1964
  13. genusCyclaster Cotteau in Leymerie & Cotteau, 1856
  14. speciesCyclaster drewryensis Cooke, 1942

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyclaster. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cyclaster aturicus (Seunes, 1888)MicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Cyclaster azemati Devriès, 1972MicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Cyclaster brunnichi Ravn, 1927MicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Cyclaster galei Jeffery, 1997aMicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Cyclaster pfenderae Basse & Lambert in Lambert, 1936MicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct
Cyclaster platornatus Kutscher, 1978bMicrasteridaeEchinodermataAccepted speciesRecorded extinct

Browse 7 records assigned to Micrasteridae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Cooke, C. W. (1942). Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology, 16: 1–62. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32SZW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.