Forcipulatacea

Superorder of sea stars

Forcipulatacea
A specimen of Asterias rubens.
Asterias rubens
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  • Order Forcipulatida
  • Order Brisingida
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Family Paulasteriidae

References

  1. ^ Mah, Christopher (2011-10-20). "WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species: Forcipulatacea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  2. ^ 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.


Taxon identifiers
Forcipulatacea
  • Wikidata: Q21591517
  • iNaturalist: 533697
  • ITIS: 988843
  • NBN: NHMSYS0021054040
  • NCBI: 41242
  • Open Tree of Life: 134761
  • Paleobiology Database: 103679
  • uBio: 5952643
  • WoRMS: 582527


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