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Mithrodiidae (disused)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Mithrodiidae

Taxonomy
Mithrodiidae was named by Viguier (1878). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Leptognathina by Spencer and Wright (1966); and to Valvatida by Perrier (1893), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Mithrodiidae Viguier p. 682
1893Mithrodiidae Perrier p. 849
1966Mithrodiidae Spencer and Wright p. U70
1989Mithrodiidae Blake p. 213
2012Mithrodiidae 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
familyMithrodiidae
familyMithrodiidae

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. Mithrodiidae Viguier 1878
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Diagnosis
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