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Pseudopedina bakeri (Wright, 1854, p. 312)

Diagnostic Features	Differs from Pseudopedina divionensis (Michelin) in having very much less well developed secondary interradial tubercles on subambital interambulacral plates at comparable sizes.
Distribution	Aalenian and Bajocian, western Europe
Type	Holotype; BMNH E1538
Classification and/or Status	A species of Pseudopedina
Remarks	The holotype is a small individual making comparison with other species difficult. However, larger individuals from the same bed are known and one was made the syntype of Soudetaster martinezae Vadet, Nicolleau & Ribou, 2011. It is likely that this will fall in synonym with Pseudopedina bakeri (Wright 1854) once variation in the UK species is better understood. Wright, T. 1854. Contributions to the palaeontology of Gloucestershire: a description, with figures , of some new species of Echinodermata from the Lias and Oolite. Annals and Magazine of natural History, Decade 2 13, 161-173, 312-324, 376-383, pls 11-13. Vadet, A., Nicolleau, P. & Reboul, R. 2011. Un genre nouveau de la famille des Pedinidae, Soudenaster nov. gen. du suppose Domerien de l'Atlas marocain. Annales de la Societe d'Histoire naturelle du Boulonnais 10 (2), 3-9.