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Sphaerocrinidae

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sphaerocrinidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerocrinidae was named by Jaekel (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Sphaerocrinus.

It was assigned to Gasterocomacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Ausich (1998).

Subtaxa
Sphaerocrinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Sphaerocrinidae Jaekel
1978Sphaerocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T588
1998Sphaerocrinidae Ausich p. 22

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyGasterocomaceaRoemer 1854
familySphaerocrinidaeJaekel 1895
familySphaerocrinidaeJaekel 1895

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.

Fm. †Sphaerocrinidae Jaekel 1895
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G. †Sphaerocrinus Roemer 1851
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, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available