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Lophocrinacea

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Lophocrinacea was named by Bather (1899). It is not extant. Its type is Lophocrinus.

It was corrected as Lophocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2009) and Webster and Webster (2012).

It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Cladida by Pabian and Rushlau (2002); and to Dendrocrinida by Webster et al. (2009) and Webster and Webster (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Lophocrinacea Bather
1978Lophocrinacea Ubaghs et al. p. T658
2002Lophocrinacea Pabian and Rushlau
2009Lophocrinoidea Webster et al. p. 246
2012Lophocrinoidea Webster and Webster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superfamilyLophocrinaceaBather 1899
superfamilyLophocrinaceaBather 1899

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Lophocrinacea Bather 1899
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Fm. †Lophocrinidae Bather 1899
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G. †Lophocrinus Meyer 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available