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Sostronocrinus mundus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Sostronocrinidae

Taxonomy
Mariocrinus mundus was named by Whidborne (1898). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Sostronocrinus mundus by Lane et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Mariocrinus mundus Whidborne
2001Sostronocrinus mundus Lane et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familySostronocrinidae
genusSostronocrinusStrimple and McGinnis 1969
speciesmundus(Whidborne 1898)

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.

Sostronocrinus mundus Whidborne 1898
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available