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Aporometra

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Aporometridae

Taxonomy
Aporometra was named by Clark (1938). It is extant. It is the type genus of Aporometridae.

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

Species
Entered
by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-05-29; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-05-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Aporometra Clark p. 41
2011Aporometra Hess and Messing p. 128

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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
superfamilyNotocrinoidea(Mortensen 1918)
familyAporometridaeClark 1938
genusAporometraClark 1938

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. Aporometra Clark 1938
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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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available