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Ctenodiscidae (disused)

Asteroidea - Paxillosida - Ctenodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ctenodiscidae was named by Sladen (1889) [Initially described as "Ctenodiscinae" a subfamily of the Porcellanasteridae, and errected as a family by Blake (1987)]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Cribellina by Fisher (1911); and to Paxillosida by Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Ctenodiscidae Sladen p. 3
1911Ctenodiscidae Fisher
1989Ctenodiscidae Blake p. 213
2012Ctenodiscidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderValvatacea
orderPaxillosida
familyCtenodiscidae
familyCtenodiscidae

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. Ctenodiscidae Sladen 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available