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Eoactinidae (disused)

Asteroidea - Pustulosida - Eoactinidae

Taxonomy
Eoactinidae was named by Spencer (1919). Its type is Eoactis.

It was assigned to Asterozoa by Spencer (1919); and to Promopalaeasteraceae by Spencer and Wright (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Eoactinidae Spencer p. 178
1966Eoactinidae Spencer and Wright p. U53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderPustulosida()
superfamilyPromopalaeasteraceae
familyEoactinidae
familyEoactinidae

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.

Fm. †Eoactinidae Spencer 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available