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Velatida

Asteroidea -

Taxonomy
Velatida was named by Perrier (1893) [Initial spelling "Velata", corrected by Blake (1987)]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (2011).

It was reranked as the unranked clade Velatida by Gale (2011).

It was assigned to Asteroidea by Perrier (1893) and Hess (1972); to Spinulosacea by Blake (1989); to Spinulosida by Gale (2011); and to Valvatacea by Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Velatida Perrier p. 850
1972Velatida Hess
1989Velatida Blake p. 213
2011Velatida Gale p. 56
2012Velatida Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumAsterozoa
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Spinulosida()
—Velatida()
—Velatida()

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available