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Forcipulatacea

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Forcipulatacea was named by Blake (1987). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Blake and Hagdorn (2003).

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Blake (1989); to Neoasteroidea by Villier et al. (2009); and to Neoasteroidea by Blake and Hagdorn (2003) and Blake et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Forcipulatacea Blake
1989Forcipulatacea Blake p. 213
2003Forcipulatacea Blake and Hagdorn p. 35
2009Forcipulatacea Villier et al. p. 390
2017Forcipulatacea Blake et al. p. 324

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderForcipulatacea
superorderForcipulatacea

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.

Superor. Forcipulatacea Blake 1987
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Or. †Trichasteropsida Blake 1987
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Fm. †Trichasteropsiidae Blake and Hagdorn 2003
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G. †Berckhemeraster Blake and Hagdorn 2003
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Berckhemeraster charistikos Blake and Hagdorn 2003
G. †Trichasteropsis Eck 1879
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Trichasteropsis bielertorum Blake and Hagdorn 2003
Trichasteropsis weissmanni von Münster 1843
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Invalid names: Asterias cilicia Quenstedt 1852 [synonym], Asterias obtusa Goldfuss 1833 [synonym], Trichasteropsis hippeleini Rothe 1959 [synonym]
Or. Zorocallida Downey 1970
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G. †Protothyraster Hess 1970
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Protothyraster priscus de Loriol 1874
G. †Terminaster Hess 1974
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Terminaster cancriformis Quenstedt 1876
Fm. †Terminasteridae Gale 2011
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G. †Alkaidia Blake and Reid 1998
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Alkaidia megaungula Ewin and Gale 2020
Alkaidia sumralli Blake and Reid 1998
G. †Viridisaster Fau and Villier 2023
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Viridisaster guerangeri Fau and Villier 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available