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Placometra mortenseni

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Taxonomy
Placometra mortenseni was named by Gislen (1924). It is the type species of Placometra.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2020-09-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Placometra mortenseni Gislen
1961Placometra mortenseni Rasmussen p. 354 figs. Pl 52, fig 7
2011Placometra mortenseni Hess and Messing p. 119

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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
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyPterocomidaeRasmussen 1978
genusPlacometra
speciesmortenseniGislen 1924

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.

Placometra mortenseni Gislen 1924
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available