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Gongylocrinus nanus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Batocrinidae

Taxonomy
Batocrinus nanus was named by Miller and Gurley (1896).

It was recombined as Stinocrinus nanus by Moore and Laudon (1944); it was recombined as Gongylocrinus nanus by Ausich and Kammer (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Batocrinus nanus Miller and Gurley p. 17 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 42-44
1944Stinocrinus nanus Moore and Laudon p. 159 figs. Pl. 60, fig. 15
2010Gongylocrinus nanus 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
speciesnanus(Miller and Gurley 1896)

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.

Gongylocrinus nanus Miller and Gurley 1896
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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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available