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Eophiuricae (disused)

Stenuroidea

Taxonomy
Eophiuricae was named by Spencer (1951). It is not extant. Its type is Eophiuridae.

It was assigned to Stenurida by Spencer (1951), Lehmann (1957) and Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Eophiuricae Spencer p. 101
1957Eophiuricae Lehmann p. 20
1965Eophiuricae Owen p. 544

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classStenuroidea()
superfamilyEophiuricae
superfamilyEophiuricae

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.

Superfm. †Eophiuricae Spencer 1951
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. K. Spencer 1951Stenurida with the basins for the tube feet placed sebequally on two ambulacralia