Bathycrinus Thomson 1872 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bathycrinidae

Synonym: Ilycrinus Danielssen and Koren 1877

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

See also Rasmussen 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cingocrinus, Discolocrinus, Monachocrinus, Naumachocrinus

Subtaxa: Bathycrinus aldrichianaus Bathycrinus carpenterii Bathycrinus endelmani Bathycrinus gracilis Paleobathycrinus

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Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bathycrinus in the database

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