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Myxasteridae (disused)

Asteroidea - Myxasteridae

Taxonomy
Myxasteridae was named by Perrier (1891). It is extant.

It was assigned to Velatida by Perrier (1893), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Myxasteridae Perrier p. 177
1893Myxasteridae Perrier p. 850
1989Myxasteridae Blake p. 213
2012Myxasteridae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Spinulosida()
—Chevronida
—Velatida()
familyMyxasteridae
familyMyxasteridae

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. Myxasteridae Perrier 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available