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Asterodiscididae

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asterodiscididae

Taxonomy
Asterodiscididae was named by Rowe (1977). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Valvatida by Rowe (1977), Blake (1989), Blake and Portell (2011) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa
Kionaster

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Asterodiscididae Rowe
1989Asterodiscididae Blake p. 213
2011Asterodiscididae Blake and Portell p. 35
2012Asterodiscididae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderValvatida
familyAsterodiscididae
familyAsterodiscididae

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.

Fm. Asterodiscididae Rowe 1977
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G. †Kionaster Blake and Portell 2011
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†Kionaster petersonae Blake and Portell 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available