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Phanerozonida (disused)

Asteroidea - Phanerozonida

Taxonomy
Phanerozonia was named by Sladen (1889). It is extant.

It was corrected as Phanerozonida by Spencer (1951), Owen (1965).

It was assigned to Euasteroidea by Sladen (1889); to Asteroidea by Spencer (1951); and to Asteroidea by Schuchert (1915), Withers and Keble (1934), Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Phanerozonia Sladen p. 1
1915Phanerozonia Schuchert p. 51
1934Phanerozonia Withers and Keble p. 222
1951Phanerozonida Spencer p. 122
1965Phanerozonida Owen p. 567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderPhanerozonida()
orderPhanerozonida()

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.

Or. Phanerozonida Sladen 1889
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Invalid names: Lepidasteracea Schuchert 1915 [empty], Palasterinacea Schuchert 1915 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available