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Cratecrinus (Cratecrinus) germinatus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Craterocrinus germinatus was named by Mironov and Sorokina (1998). It is the type species of Cratecrinus, Craterocrinus, Craterocrinus (Craterocrinus), Cratecrinus (Cratecrinus).

It was recombined as Craterocrinus (Craterocrinus) germinatus by Mironov and Sorokina (1998); it was recombined as Cratecrinus (Cratecrinus) germinatus by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Craterocrinus (Craterocrinus) germinatus Mironov and Sorokina p. 63
2011Cratecrinus (Cratecrinus) germinatus Hess and Messing p. 221

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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)
genusCratecrinusMironov 2011
subgenusCratecrinusMironov 2011
speciesgerminatus(Mironov and Sorokina 1998)

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.

Cratecrinus (Cratecrinus) germinatus Mironov and Sorokina 1998
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available