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Porcellanasteridae

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Porcellanasteridae

Taxonomy
Porcellanasteridae was named by Sladen (1883) [initially considered as a sub-familly of Astropectinidae]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Cribellina by Fisher (1911), Spencer and Wright (1966) and Gale (1987); to Cribellina by Gale (2011); and to Paxillosida by Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Porcellanasteridae Sladen p. 214
1911Porcellanasteridae Fisher
1966Porcellanasteridae Spencer and Wright pp. U47-48
1987Porcellanasteridae Gale p. 124
1989Porcellanasteridae Blake p. 213
2011Porcellanasteridae Gale p. 59
2012Porcellanasteridae 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
—Cribellina()
familyPorcellanasteridae
familyPorcellanasteridae

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. Porcellanasteridae Sladen 1883
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G. †Paleoctenodiscus Blake 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available