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Leioactis

Asteroidea - Hadrosida - Palaeasteridae

Taxonomy
Leioactis was named by Lehmann (1957). Its type is Leioactis hunsrueckianus.

It was assigned to Taeniactininae by Lehmann (1957); and to Palaeasteridae by Blake (2018).

Species
L. hunsrueckianus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Leioactis Lehmann pp. 86-87
2018Leioactis Blake p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
orderHadrosida
familyPalaeasteridae
genusLeioactis

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. †Leioactis Lehmann 1957
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Leioactis hunsrueckianus Lehmann 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available