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Heliasteridae
Taxonomy
Heliasteridae was named by Viguier (1878). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1893), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
It was assigned to Asteriadina by Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatida by Perrier (1893), Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1878 | Heliasteridae Viguier |
1893 | Heliasteridae Perrier |
1966 | Heliasteridae Spencer and Wright p. U74 |
1989 | Heliasteridae Blake p. 213 |
2011 | Heliasteridae Gale p. 60 |
2012 | Heliasteridae 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. Heliasteridae Viguier 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available