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Paradelocrinus protensus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Paradelocrinidae

Taxonomy
Paradelocrinus protensus was named by Moore and Plummer (1940). It is not extant. It is the type species of Paradelocrinus.

It was recombined as Neocatacrinus protensus by Webster and Donovan (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Paradelocrinus protensus Moore and Plummer
2015Neocatacrinus protensus Webster and Donovan p. 509

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyParadelocrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusParadelocrinusMoore and Plummer 1937
speciesprotensusMoore and Plummer 1940

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.

Paradelocrinus protensus Moore and Plummer 1940
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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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available