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Pleurocrinus formosus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Taxonomy
Platycrinus formosus was named by Miller and Gurley (1895).

It was recombined as Pleurocrinus formosus by Webster and Lane (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Platycrinus formosus Miller and Gurley p. 72 figs. pl. 4, figs. 20, 21
1987Pleurocrinus formosus Webster and Lane pp. 38 - 39 figs. Fig. 11,24-27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyPlatycrinitoidea(Austin and Austin 1843)
familyPlatycrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusPleurocrinusAustin and Austin 1843
speciesformosus(Miller and Gurley 1895)

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.

Pleurocrinus formosus Miller and Gurley 1895
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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: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available