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Saracrinus nobilis

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

Taxonomy
Metacrinus nobilis was named by Carpenter (1884). It is extant. It is the type species of Saracrinus.

It was recombined as Saracrinus nobilis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Metacrinus nobilis Carpenter p. 351
2011Saracrinus nobilis Hess and Messing p. 69

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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)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsselicrinidaeKlikushkin 1977
subfamilyMetacrininaeKlikushin 1977
genusSaracrinusClark 1923
speciesnobilis(Carpenter 1884)

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.

Saracrinus nobilis Carpenter 1884
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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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:04:52
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:04:52
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Donovan 1994
Collections
No collection or age range data are available