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Goniactinida (disused)

Somasteroidea - Goniactinida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Goniactinida Spencer p. 93
1965Goniactinida Owen p. 543
1966Goniactinida Spencer and Wright p. U39
1989Goniactinida Blake p. 212
1993Goniactinida Blake and Guensburg p. 106
2002Goniactinida Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classSomasteroidea()
orderGoniactinida
orderGoniactinida

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. †Goniactinida Spencer 1951
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Invalid names: Archophiactinidae Spencer 1927 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 11:47:54
Modified: 2004-02-29 13:47:54
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Spencer and Wright 1966
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