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Neocrinus australis

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pentacrinus australis was named by Moore (1870).

It was recombined as Neocrinus australis by Rasmussen (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Pentacrinus australis Moore p. 243 figs. Pl 17, fig 3; pl 18, fig 1
1961Neocrinus australis Rasmussen p. 90 figs. Pl 10, figs 13-15

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsocrinidaeGislén 1924
genusNeocrinus(Wyville Thomson 1864)
speciesaustralis(Moore 1870)

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.

Neocrinus australis Moore 1870
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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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Donovan 1994, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available