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Phacelocrinus gracilis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Agassizocrinites gracilis was named by Troost (1849).

It was recombined as Scytalocrinus gracilis by Wood in Troost (1909); it was recombined as Phacelocrinus gracilis by Kirk (1940).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Agassizocrinites gracilis Troost p. 420
1850Agassizocrinites gracilis Troost p. 62
1909Agassizocrinites gracilis Troost p. 88
1909Scytalocrinus gracilis Wood in Troost p. 88
1940Phacelocrinus gracilis Kirk p. 330

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyScytalocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusPhacelocrinus
speciesgracilis(Troost 1849)

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.

Phacelocrinus gracilis Troost 1849
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available