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Aganasteridae

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida - Aganasteridae

Taxonomy
Aganasteridae was named by Stürtz (1899). It is not extant. Its type is Aganaster.

It was synonymized subjectively with Ophiurinidae by Owen (1965); it was reranked as the subfamily Aganasterinae by Spencer and Wright (1966).

It was assigned to Streptophiurae by Schuchert (1915); to Ophiuroidea by Spencer (1925); to Ophiuricae by Lehmann (1957); to Ophiuridae by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Chilophiurina by Jell (1997).

Subtaxa
Aganaster (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Aganasteridae Stürtz
1915Aganasteridae Schuchert p. 263
1925Aganasteridae Spencer pp. 283-284
1957Aganasteridae Lehmann p. 74
1966Aganasterinae Spencer and Wright p. U93
1997Aganasteridae Jell p. 312

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classOphiuroidea
suborderMyophiurina()
infraclassMetophiuridaMatsumoto 1913
superorderEuryophiurida
orderOphiurida()
suborderChilophiurina()
familyAganasteridae
familyAganasteridae

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. †Aganasteridae Stürtz 1899
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G. †Aganaster Miller and Gurley 1891
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Aganaster fujianensis Liao and Wang 2002
Aganaster gregarius Meek and Worthen 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available