Forcipulatacea
Appearance
Forcipulatacea | |
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Asterias rubens | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Superorder: | Forcipulatacea Blake, 1987[1] |
Orders | |
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The Forcipulatacea are a superorder of sea stars.[2]
Subdivision
[edit]- Order Forcipulatida
- Order Brisingida
- Incertae sedis:
- Family Paulasteriidae
References
[edit]- ^ Mah, Christopher (2011-10-20). "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species: Forcipulatacea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Fau, Marine; Villier, Loïc (2020). "Comparative anatomy and phylogeny of the Forcipulatacea (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): insights from ossicle morphology". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 189 (3): 921–952. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz127.