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Ascetocrinus rusticellus

Crinoidea - Cercidocrinidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiocrinus rusticellus was named by White (1863). It is the type species of Ascetocrinus.

It was recombined as Abrotocrinus rusticellus by Springer (1926); it was recombined as Ascetocrinus rusticellus by Kirk (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Scaphiocrinus rusticellus White p. 505
1926Abrotocrinus rusticellus Springer p. 72 figs. Plate 16, fig. 11
1940Ascetocrinus rusticellus Kirk p. 325

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familyCercidocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusAscetocrinus
speciesrusticellus(White 1863)

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.

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available