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Baliactis ordovicus

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Baliactis ordovicus was named by Spencer (1922). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Holotype BMNH E52348.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Baliactis ordovicus Spencer figs. pl. 7 fig. 1
1927Baliactis ordovicus Spencer pp. 377-378 figs. fig. 242
1965Baliactis ordovicus Owen p. 560
1966Baliactis ordovicus Spencer and Wright p. U65 figs. fig. 21.2
2018Baliactis ordovicus Blake p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusBaliactis
speciesordovicus

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.

Baliactis ordovicus Spencer 1922
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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