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Heterocrinus canadensis

Crinoidea - Heterocrinidae

Taxonomy
Heterocrinus canadensis was named by Billings (1857).

It was recombined as Ectenocrinus canadensis by Wilson (1946); it was synonymized subjectively with Ectenocrinus simplex by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Heterocrinus canadensis Billings p. 273
1946Ectenocrinus canadensis Wilson p. 32 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
familyHeterocrinidaeZittel 1879
genusHeterocrinusHall 1872
speciescanadensis

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.

Heterocrinus canadensis Billings 1857
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available