Pentacrinus shastensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341

Belongs to Pentacrinus according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Pentacrinus alternicirrus, Pentacrinus amoenus, Pentacrinus ariakensis, Pentacrinus asteriscus, Pentacrinus bavaricus, Pentacrinus crassus, Pentacrinus decorus, Pentacrinus fuchsii, Pentacrinus muelleri, Pentacrinus shahuensis, Pentacrinus subcrenatus, Pentacrinus tirolensis, Pentacrinus tuberculatus, Pentacrinus whitei

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pentacrinus shastensis in the database

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