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Order Comatulida Clark 1908 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida

Parent taxon: Articulata according to D. F. Wright et al. 2017

See also Ausich 1998, Hess and Messing 2011, Rasmussen 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Shibata and Oji 2007

Sister taxa: Bihaticrinus, Corythocrinus, Cratecrinus, Cyclocrinidae, Cyrtocrinida, Encrinida, Holocrinida, Hyocrinida, Isocrinida, Lanternocrinidae, Leocrinidae, Millericrinida, Qingyanocrinidae, Roveacrinida, Taurocrinus, Tulipacrinidae, Uintacrinida

Subtaxa: Bourgueticrinina Comatulidae Comatulidina Guillecrinina Hebeticrinus Solanocrinus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

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