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Loriolometra retzii

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Notocrinidae

Taxonomy
Comaster retzii was named by Lundgren (1875). It is the type species of Loriolometra.

It was recombined as Loriolometra retzii by Rasmussen (1961), Jagt (1999), Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Comaster retzii Lundgren
1878Antedon sulcatus Schlüter
1894Antedon arnaudi Loriol
1961Loriolometra retzii Rasmussen p. 302 figs. Pl 43, figs 1-3
1999Loriolometra retzii Jagt p. 108 figs. Fig. 51d-l; Pl. 25, figs. 3
2011Loriolometra retzii Hess and Messing p. 125

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyNotocrinoidea(Mortensen 1918)
familyNotocrinidaeMortensen 1918
genusLoriolometra
speciesretzii(Lundgren 1875)

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.

Loriolometra retzii Lundgren 1875
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Invalid names: Antedon arnaudi Loriol 1894 [synonym], Antedon sulcatus Schlüter 1878 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available