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Eoactis

Asteroidea - Euaxosida

Taxonomy
Eoactis was named by Spencer (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov]. Its type is Eoactis simplex. It is the type genus of Eoactinidae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Urasterella by Schuchert (1915).

It was assigned to Palasterinidae by Owen (1965); to Eoactinidae by Spencer (1922) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Uractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euaxosida by Blake (2018).

Species
E. simplex (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Eoactis Spencer p. 30
1922Eoactis Spencer pp. 205-206
1965Eoactis Owen p. 563
1966Eoactis Spencer and Wright p. U53
2002Eoactis Sepkoski
2018Eoactis Blake p. 56

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

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. †Eoactis Spencer 1914
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Eoactis simplex Spencer 1914
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

Age range: Llandovery or 443.40000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4United Kingdom E. simplex (99388)