Family Phrynocrinidae Clark 1907 (Feather star)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Phrynocrinidae
Parent taxon: Bourgueticrinida according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011
See also Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Bathycrinidae, Bourgueticrinidae, Conocrinoidea, Septocrinidae
Subtaxa: Phrynocrininae Porphyrocrininae
Type: Phrynocrinus
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Phrynocrinidae in the database