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Ophidiasteridae
Taxonomy
Ophidiasteridae was named by Verrill (1870). It is extant. Its type is Ophidiaster. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Granulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Tripedicellaria by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Granulosina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Tripedicellaria by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1870 | Ophidiasteridae Verrill p. 344 |
1966 | Ophidiasteridae Spencer and Wright p. 64 |
1987 | Ophidiasteridae Gale p. 125 |
1989 | Ophidiasteridae Blake p. 213 |
2011 | Ophidiasteridae Gale p. 59 |
2012 | Ophidiasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3 |
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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. Ophidiasteridae Verrill 1870
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G. Certonardoa Clark 1921
G. Linckia Nardo 1834
G. Nardoa Gray 1840
G. Ophidiaster Agassiz 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available