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Cyathidium gastaldii

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Holopodidae

Taxonomy
Micropocrinus gastaldii was named by Michelin (1851).

It was recombined as Cyathidium gastaldii by Hess and Messing (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Micropocrinus gastaldii Michelin p. 93
2011Cyathidium gastaldii Hess and Messing p. 201

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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)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderHolopodinaArendt 1974
familyHolopodidaeZittel 1879
genusCyathidiumSteenstrup 1846
speciesgastaldii(Michelin 1851)

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.

Cyathidium gastaldii Michelin 1851
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available