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Gorgonocephalidae
Taxonomy
Gorgonocephalidae was named by Ljungman (1867). It is extant. Its type is Gorgonocephalinae.
It was assigned to Phrynophiurida by Matsumoto (1915); to Euryalina by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Euryalida by Smith et al. (1995), O'Hara et al. (2017) and O'Hara et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Phrynophiurida by Matsumoto (1915); to Euryalina by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Euryalida by Smith et al. (1995), O'Hara et al. (2017) and O'Hara et al. (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1867 | Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman |
| 1915 | Gorgonocephalidae Matsumoto p. 55 |
| 1966 | Gorgonocephalidae Spencer and Wright p. U91 |
| 1995 | Gorgonocephalidae Smith et al. |
| 2017 | Gorgonocephalidae O'Hara et al. |
| 2018 | Gorgonocephalidae O'Hara et al. p. 7 |
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Fm. Gorgonocephalidae Ljungman 1867
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Invalid names: Gorgonocephalinae Döderlein 1911 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available