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Giganticlavus

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida

Taxonomy
Giganticlavus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Giganticlavus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
genusGiganticlavus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Intermediate tier suspension-feeder according to Dornbos (2008).g
Created: 2009-10-08 09:55:30
Modified: 2009-10-08 11:55:30
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available