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Encrinasterinae
Taxonomy
Encrinasterinae was named by Harper and Morris (1978). Its type is Encrinaster.
It was assigned to Encrinasteridae by Harper and Morris (1978).
It was assigned to Encrinasteridae by Harper and Morris (1978).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Encrinasterinae Harper and Morris p. 155 |
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Subfm. †Encrinasterinae Harper and Morris 1978
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G. †Crepidosoma Spencer 1930
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†Crepidosoma doylei Blake et al. 2017
†Crepidosoma wenlocki Spencer 1930
G. †Marginura Haude 1999
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†Marginura hilleri Jell and Theron 1999
Invalid names: Marginaster Haude 1995 [replaced]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. A. Harper and R. W. Morris 1978 | Small- to large-sized ophiuroids; ambulacral ossicles alternating, commonly with boot-shaped oral surfaces; adambulacral ossicles subventral, composed of heavy plates continuous in a radial direction, with broad oral surfaces, often bearing rows of pustules, and commonly with curved sutures producing rope-like twists; disc large, with well developed interrays, commonly bounded by stout frame of marginal ossicles; podia1 basins supported by ambulacrals and adambulacrals, tending toward size reduction laterally. |