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Abrachiocrinus clausus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Hypocrinidae

Taxonomy
Sycocrinites clausus was named by Austin and Austin (1843). It is the type species of Abrachiocrinus.

It was recombined as Abrachiocrinus clausus by Arendt (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Sycocrinites clausus Austin and Austin
1970Abrachiocrinus clausus Arendt p. 125 fig. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familyHypocrinidaeWanner 1916
subfamilyHypocrininaeWanner 1916
genusAbrachiocrinusWanner 1923
speciesclausus(Austin and Austin 1843)

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.

Abrachiocrinus clausus Austin and Austin 1843
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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