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Luidiidae

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Luidiidae

Taxonomy
Luidiidae was named by Sladen (1889) [Initial spelling Luidiinae, corrected by Verril 1889]. It is extant. Its type is Luidia. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Platyasterida by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Diplozonina by Gale (1987); to Paxillosida by Gale (2011); and to Paxillosida by Blake (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa
Luidia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Luidiidae Sladen p. 244
1966Luidiidae Spencer and Wright p. U42
1987Luidiidae Blake p. 525
1987Luidiidae Gale p. 124
1989Luidiidae Blake p. 213
2011Luidiidae Gale p. 57
2012Luidiidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyLuidiidae
familyLuidiidae

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.

Fm. Luidiidae Sladen 1889
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G. Luidia Forbes 1839
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Luidia ciliaris Philippi 1837
†Luidia etchegoinensis Blake 1973
†Luidia hungarica Rakusz 1927
†Luidia sanjoaquinensis Blake 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available