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Brisingidae

Asteroidea - Brisingidae

Taxonomy
Brisingidae was named by Sars (1875). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987).

It was assigned to Brisingina by Fisher (1928) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (1987); to Brisingida by Gale (2011); and to Brisingida by Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa
Brisingella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Brisingidae Sars p. 1
1928Brisingidae Fisher p. 3
1966Brisingidae Spencer and Wright p. U77
1987Brisingidae Gale p. 126
1989Brisingidae Blake p. 213
2011Brisingidae Gale p. 60
2012Brisingidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
—Tripedicellaria
—Forcipulatida()
—Brisingida()
familyBrisingidae
familyBrisingidae

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. Brisingidae Sars 1875
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G. Brisingella Fisher 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available