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Stephanoblastus

Blastoidea - Coronata - Stephanocrinidae

Taxonomy
Stephanoblastus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stephanocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Coronata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Stephanoblastus Ubaghs et al. p. T577
2002Stephanoblastus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
Coronoidea()
orderCoronataJaekel 1918
familyStephanocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusStephanoblastus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:03:38
Modified: 2010-02-10 06:14:55
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available