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Blothrocrinus spartarius

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Glossocrinidae

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus spartarius was named by Miller and Gurley (1890).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Poteriocrinus spartarius Miller and Gurley p. 37 figs. Plate 7, figs. 1
1890Poteriocrinus genista Miller and Gurley p. 38 figs. Plate 7, fig. 3
1890Poteriocrinus scopae Miller and Gurley p. 38 figs. Plate 7, fig. 2
1926Pachylocrinus spartarius Springer p. 71
1940Blothrocrinus spartarius 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
speciesspartarius(Miller and Gurley 1890)

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 spartarius Miller and Gurley 1890
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Invalid names: Poteriocrinus genista Miller and Gurley 1890 [synonym], Poteriocrinus scopae Miller and Gurley 1890 [synonym]
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