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Cheiropterasteridae
Taxonomy
Cheiropterasteridae was named by Spencer (1934). Its type is Cheiropteraster.
It was assigned to Ophiuroidea by Spencer (1934); to Lysophiuricae by Lehmann (1957) and Owen (1965); and to Lysophiurina by Jell (1997) and Jell and Theron (1999).
It was assigned to Ophiuroidea by Spencer (1934); to Lysophiuricae by Lehmann (1957) and Owen (1965); and to Lysophiurina by Jell (1997) and Jell and Theron (1999).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1934 | Cheiropterasteridae Spencer pp. 439-443 |
| 1957 | Cheiropterasteridae Lehmann pp. 33-35 |
| 1965 | Cheiropterasteridae Owen p. 554 |
| 1997 | Cheiropterasteridae Jell p. 306 |
| 1999 | Cheiropterasteridae Jell and Theron p. 162 |
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Fm. †Cheiropterasteridae Spencer 1934
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G. †Hexuraster Jell and Theron 1999
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†Hexuraster weitzi Spencer 1950
Invalid names: Hexura Spencer 1950 [replaced]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. K. Spencer 1934 | Ophiuroidea with alternating cylindrical ambulacralia, adambulacralia without vertical spines, disc extremely swollen. |