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Palaeactis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Palaeactis was named by Lehmann (1957). Its type is Palaeactis lanceolatus.

It was assigned to Taeniactininae by Lehmann (1957); and to Palaeasteridae by Blake (2018).

Species
P. lanceolatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Palaeactis Lehmann pp. 87-88
2018Palaeactis Blake p. 39

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

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.

G. †Palaeactis Lehmann 1957
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Palaeactis lanceolatus Lehmann 1957
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available