Saccocoma longipinna Hess 2002 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae

Holotype: The secundibrachial, Pl. 11, Fig. 6 (Verniory 1962b, fig. 6); length 2.2 mm. Musum dHistoire Naturelle de Genve (repository number in Decrouez & Proz, in preparation).

Paratypes: Radials, Pl. 11, Figs. 12 (Verniory 1962b, figs. 12); secundibrachial, Pl. 11, Fig. 4 (Verniory 1962b, fig. 4). Musum dHistoire Naturelle de Genve (repository numbers in Decrouez & Proz , in preparation).

Full reference: H. Hess. 2002. Remains of saccocomids (Crinoidea: Echinodermata) from the Upper Jurassic of southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) (329)

Belongs to Saccocoma according to H. Hess 2002

See also Hess and Messing 2011

Sister taxa: Saccocoma alpina, Saccocoma bajeri, Saccocoma quenstedti, Saccocoma tenella, Saccocoma vernioryi

Type specimen: (in MNHN Genéve)

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Saccocoma longipinna in the database

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