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Calyptactis spinosus

Ophiuroidea

Taxonomy
Calyptactis spinosus was named by Spencer (1930). Its type specimen is Holotype GSM 25352 and is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Calyptactis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Calyptactis spinosus Spencer pp. 396-399 figs. text-figs. 254, 256, 257, pl. 25 fig. 7
1965Calyptactis spinosus Owen p. 561

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
genusCalyptactis
speciesspinosus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Calyptactis spinosus Spencer 1930
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Diagnosis
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