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Mycocrinus

Crinoidea - Homocrinida - Catillocrinidae

Taxonomy
Mycocrinus was named by Schultze (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Mycocrinus Schultze
1978Mycocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T546
2002Mycocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderHomocrinida
superfamilyAllagecrinoidea(Carpenter and Etheridge 1881)
familyCatillocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusMycocrinusSchultze 1866

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.

G. †Mycocrinus Schultze 1866
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available