Discocrinus Peck 1943 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Parent taxon: Roveacrinidae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Hess and Gale 2010, Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Birgelenocrinus, Calvaticrinus, Hyalocrinus, Lebenharticrinus, Orthogonocrinus, Platelicrinus, Plotocrinus, Poecilocrinus, Roveacrinoides, Roveacrinus, Scotocrinus, Styracocrinus, Veugelersia

Subtaxa: Discocrinus catastomus Discocrinus wrighti

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Type: Discocrinus catastomus

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Discocrinus in the database

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