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Gorgonocephalidae  Ljungman, 1867
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157356

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassOphiuroidea Gray, 1840 – basket stars, brittlestars, snake stars, ofiúro, serpente do mar, ophiures, basket stars, brittle stars, brittlestars, snake stars  
                   OrderPhrynophiurida Matsumoto, 1915 – euryhaline brittle stars, euryhaline brittle stars  
                      SuborderEuryalina Lamarck, 1816  
                         FamilyGorgonocephalidae Ljungman, 1867  
    Direct Children:  
                            Genus Asteroporpa Oersted and Lütken, 1856  
                            Genus Astrochele Verrill, 1878  
                            Genus Astrocnida   
                            Genus Astrocyclus Döderlein, 1911  
                            Genus Astrophyton Fleming, 1828  
                            Genus Astrothamnus   
                            Genus Conocladus H. L. Clark, 1909  
                            Genus Gorgonocephalus Leach, 1815  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gorgonocephalidae   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Spencer, W. K., and C. W. Wright / Durham, J. Wyatt, et al. / Moore, Raymond C., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Asterozoans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, vol. 1   
  Page(s): U4-U107   
  Publisher: The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press   
  Publication Place: Lawrence, Kansas, USA   
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  Reference for: Gorgonocephalidae   
       

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