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Thalassocrinus

Crinoidea - Hyocrinida - Hyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Thalassocrinus was named by Clark (1911). It is extant. Its type is Thalassocrinus pontifer.

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

Species
T. pontifer (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Thalassocrinus Clark p. 474
2011Thalassocrinus Hess and Messing p. 176

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderHyocrinida(Rasmussen 1978)
familyHyocrinidaeCarpenter 1884
genusThalassocrinusClark 1911

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. Thalassocrinus Clark 1911
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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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available