Microcrinus Emmons 1858 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antedonoidea, Atelecrinoidea, Atopocrinidae, Comatulidia, Jaekelometridae, Mariametroidea, Notocrinoidea, Paracomatulacea, Paracomatuloidea, Procomaster, Solanocrinitoidea, Tropiometroidea, Uintacrinoidea

Subtaxa: Microcrinus conoideus

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Type: Microcrinus conoideus

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Microcrinus in the database

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