Family Ptilometridae Clark 1914 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Ptilometridae

Alternative spelling: Ptilometrinae

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

Sister taxa: Asterometridae, Calometridae, Charitometridae, Conometridae, Maorimetridae, Pseudoconometridae, Pterocomidae, Thalassometridae, Tropiometridae

Subtaxa: Ptilometra

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Type: Ptilometra

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ptilometridae in the database

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