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Crinometra brevipinna

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Charitometridae

Taxonomy
Comatula brevipinna was named by Pourtales (1868). It is extant. It is the type species of Crinometra.

It was recombined as Crinometra brevipinna by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Comatula brevipinna Pourtales p. 111
2011Crinometra brevipinna Hess and Messing p. 113

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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)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyCharitometridaeClark 1909
genusCrinometraClark 1909
speciesbrevipinna(Pourtales 1868)

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.

Crinometra brevipinna Pourtales 1868
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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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available