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Basilometra

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Colobometridae

Taxonomy
Basilometra was named by Clark (1936). It is extant. Its type is Basilometra boschmai.

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

Species
Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-05-27; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-05-28

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Basilometra Clark p. 304
1936Rhadinometra Gislen p. 15
2011Basilometra Hess and Messing p. 104

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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
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyMariametroidea(Rasmussen 1978)
familyColobometridaeClark 1909
genusBasilometraClark 1936

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. Basilometra Clark 1936
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Invalid names: Rhadinometra Gislen 1936 [synonym]
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available