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Heviacrinus melendezi

Crinoidea - Maennilicrinida - Maennilicrinidae

Taxonomy
Heviacrinus melendezi was named by Gil Cid et al. (1996) [= 2015a Heviacrinus sp., Zamora et al., fig. 17.]. It is the type species of Heviacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Heviacrinus melendezi Gil Cid et al. pp. 240– 247 fig. 1–5
2002Heviacrinus melendezi Ausich et al. pp. 989 - 990 figs. 5.4, 5.5, 5.8–5.11, 8.3, 8.8
2007Heviacrinus melendezi Ausich et al. p. 1382
2017Heviacrinus melendezi Cole et al. figs. 7.1, 7.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderMaennilicrinida
familyMaennilicrinidae
genusHeviacrinus
speciesmelendezi

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.

Heviacrinus melendezi Gil Cid et al. 1996
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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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Berounian or 459.00000 to 449.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Ciudad Real) Heviacrinus melendezi (44050)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Zaragoza) Heviacrinus melendezi (184265)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9Spain (Cuidad Real) Heviacrinus melendezi (166760)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Spain (Zaragoza) Heviacrinus melendezi (186255)