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Decacrinus pennatus

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Proctothylacocrinidae

Taxonomy
Decacrinus pennatus was named by Yeltysheva (1957).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Decacrinus pennatus Yeltysheva
1968Decacrinus pennatus Moore and Jeffords p. 35

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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
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyRhenocrinaceaJaekel 1918
familyProctothylacocrinidaeKier 1952
genusDecacrinusYeltysheva 1957
speciespennatusYeltysheva 1957

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.

Decacrinus pennatus Yeltysheva 1957
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Diagnosis
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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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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