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Asteropseidae (disused)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Asteropseidae

Taxonomy
Asteropseidae was named by Hotchkiss and Clark (1976). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Tripedicellaria by Gale (2011); and to Valvatida by Hotchkiss and Clark (1976), Gale (1987), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Asteropseidae Hotchkiss and Clark p. 266
1987Asteropseidae Gale p. 125
1989Asteropseidae Blake p. 213
2011Asteropseidae Gale p. 57
2012Asteropseidae 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
familyAsteropseidae
familyAsteropseidae

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. Asteropseidae Hotchkiss and Clark 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available