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Asteractinella

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae

Taxonomy
Asteractinella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wewokellidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Asteractinella Sepkoski
2004Asteractinella Finks et al. p. 577

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyWewokellidaeKing 1943
genusAsteractinella

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