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Blothrocrinus jesupi

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Glossocrinidae

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus jesupi was named by Whitfield (1881).

It was recombined as Pachylocrinus jesupi by Springer (1926); it was recombined as Blothrocrinus jesupi by Kirk (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Poteriocrinus jesupi Whitfield p. 7 figs. Plates 1, 2
1926Pachylocrinus jesupi Springer p. 71
1940Blothrocrinus jesupi Kirk p. 322

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
familyGlossocrinidaeGoldring 1923
genusBlothrocrinus
speciesjesupi(Whitfield 1881)

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.

Blothrocrinus jesupi Whitfield 1881
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available