Taxonomy Profile: Thamnasteriidae (Vaughan and Wells 1943)

Thamnasteriidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Family
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Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Thamnasteriidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Cnidaria
cnidarians |
coelenterates |
água viva |
anêmona |
caravela |
cnidario |
coral |
hidra |
cnidaires |
coelentérés |
Subphylum : Anthozoa
Class : Anthozoa
corals |
flower animals |
sea anemones |
água viva |
anêmona |
antozoário |
caravela |
corais |
gorgônia |
anémones de mer |
coraux |
Subclass : Hexacorallia
Order : Scleractinia
stony corals |
madrépores |
Suborder : Fungiina
Thamnasteriidae Direct Children(s):
Thamnasteriidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Stephen D. Cairns
Notes:
Research Scientist/Curator, Department of Systematic Biology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163, USA
Reference for:
Thamnasteriidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Thamnasteriidae
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Thamnasteriidae: Geographic Information
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Thamnasteriidae: Comments
Comment:
Steve Cairns (personal communication, April 2001) notes that Thamnasteriidae Vaughan and Wells, 1943 "is extinct family according to Veron, 2000," having gone extinct in the Mesozoic