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Ganeriidae (disused)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Ganeriidae

Taxonomy
Ganeriidae was named by Sladen (1889) [Initial spelling "Ganeriinae". Erected at family level by Perrier (1893)]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987).

It was assigned to Leptognathina by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Valvatida by Blake (1981), Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ganeriidae Sladen pp. 375-376
1966Ganeriidae Spencer and Wright p. U69
1981Ganeriidae Blake
1987Ganeriidae Gale p. 125
1989Ganeriidae Blake p. 213
2012Ganeriidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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

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. Ganeriidae Sladen 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:35:10
Modified: 2010-02-09 06:02:08
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available