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Ulocrinus blairi

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Ulocrinus blairi was named by Miller and Gurley (1893). It is the type species of Parulocrinus.

It was recombined as Parulocrinus blairi by Miller and Gurley (1894), Lane (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Ulocrinus blairi Miller and Gurley p. 57 figs. pl. 5, figs. 16-18
1894Parulocrinus blairi Miller and Gurley
1964Parulocrinus blairi Lane p. 680

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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
superfamilyCromyocrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyCromyocrinidae
genusUlocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890
speciesblairiMiller and Gurley 1893

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.

Ulocrinus blairi Miller and Gurley 1893
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available