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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Cryptosyringida
Classis: Ophiuroidea
Subclasse: Myophiuroidea
Infraclasse: Metophiurida
Superordo: Euryophiurida
Ordo: Euryalida

Familia: Asteronychidae
Genus: Astrodia
Species (5): A. abyssicola – A. duospina – A. excavata – A. plana – A. tenuispina
Name

Astrodia Verrill, 1899
Type species: Astronyx tenuispina Verrill, 1884 (type by original designation)

References

Okanishi, M., Fujita, T. 2014. A taxonomic review of the genus Astrodia (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Asteronychidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413001331 Paywall ResearchGate Open access Reference page.
Verrill, A.E. 1899a. North American Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of certain families and genera of West Indian ophiurans. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10(7): 301–371. BHL Reference page. [page 371]

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