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Porphyrocrininae

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Phrynocrinidae

Taxonomy
Porphyrocrininae was named by Clark (1973). It is extant. Its type is Porphyrocrinus.

It was reranked as the subfamily Porphyrocrininae by Hess and Messing (2011).

It was assigned to Phrynocrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Subtaxa
Porphyrocrinus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Porphyrocrininae Hess and Messing p. 155

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderBourgueticrinina(Sieverts-Doreck 1953)
familyPhrynocrinidaeClark 1907
subfamilyPorphyrocrininae(Clark 1973)
subfamilyPorphyrocrininae(Clark 1973)

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.

Subfm. Porphyrocrininae Clark 1973
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G. Porphyrocrinus Gislen 1925
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available