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Blothrocrinus swallowi

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Poteriocrinus swallowi was named by Meek and Worthen (1860).

It was recombined as Blothrocrinus swallowi by Kirk (1940).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Poteriocrinus swallowi Meek and Worthen p. 397
1866Poteriocrinus swallowi Meek and Worthen p. 183 figs. Plate 16, figs. 4a, 4b
1940Blothrocrinus swallowi Kirk p. 322

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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
ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusBlothrocrinus
speciesswallowi(Meek and Worthen 1860)

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 swallowi Meek and Worthen 1860
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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, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available