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Gongylocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Gongylocrinus Ausich and Kammer p. 46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyCarpocrinaceade Koninck and LeHon 1854
familyBatocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1881
genusGongylocrinus

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.

G. †Gongylocrinus Ausich and Kammer 2010
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Gongylocrinus follicus Miller and Gurley 1896
Gongylocrinus imparilis Miller and Gurley 1895
Gongylocrinus incultus Miller and Gurley 1895
Gongylocrinus inflatus Rowley and Hare 1891
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Invalid names: Gongylocrinus bulbosus Rowley and Hare 1891 [synonym]
Gongylocrinus insperatus Miller and Gurley 1895
Gongylocrinus nanus Miller and Gurley 1896
Gongylocrinus repertus Miller and Gurley 1896
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. I. Ausich and T. W. Kammer 2010Calyx shape low bowl; basal concavity absent; calyx as high as or lower than calyx; calyx plates convex; median ray ridges absent (Fig. 2.12); calyx plates commonly with distinct sutures; basal plates low, truncate, without proximal expansions; radial plates low; first primibrachial tetragonal; rays lobate or not lobate; regular interrays in contact with tegmen (Fig. 2.13, 2.17); CD interray in contact with tegmen (Fig. 2.14, 2.16); tegmen low cone or low inverted bowl; tegmen plates convex; anal tube cylindrical; arm facets face outward (subvertical); and free arms 18–20, no arm branching, distal arms not spatulate.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available