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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:  
                            GenusAsteroporpa Oersted and Lütken, 1856  
                            GenusAstrochele Verrill, 1878  
                            GenusAstrocnida   
                            GenusAstrocyclus Döderlein, 1911  
                            GenusAstrophyton Fleming, 1828  
                            GenusAstrothamnus   
                            GenusConocladus H. L. Clark, 1909  
                            GenusGorgonocephalus 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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