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Tremaster Dudicourt, Neraudeau, Nicolleau, Ceulemann & Boutin, 2005, p. 552

Diagnostic Features	Test small; upper surface hardly sculpted Ambulacra trigeminate Primary tubercles imperforate and non crenulate Primary interambulacra tubercles at lower edge of interambulacral plates Sutural pits at interradius Buccal notches virtually absent Sexual dimorphism, with females having a sunken adapical zone.
Distribution	Pliocene, France
Name gender	masculine
Type	Tremaster romani Dudicourt, Neraudeau, Nicolleau, Ceulemann & Boutin, 2005, p. 553, by original designation.
Classification and/or Status	Preoccupied name - non Tremaster Verill, 1880 (a starfish)
Remarks	Dudicourt, J. C., Neraudeau, D., Nicolleau, P., Ceulemann, L. & Boutin, F. 2005. Une faune remarquable d'echinides marsupiaux dans le Pliocene de Vendee (Ouest de la France). Bulletin de la Societe geologique de France 176, 545-557.