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Pentececrinus parvus

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pentececrinus parvus was named by Koenig and Niewoehner (1959). It is the type species of Pentececrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Pentececrinus parvus Koenig and Niewoehner
1970Pentececrinus parvus Arendt p. 197 fig. 66

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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)
superfamilyCodiacrinoideaBather 1890
familyStreblocrinidaeLane 1967
subfamilyPentececrininaeLane 1967
genusPentececrinusKoenig and Niewoehner 1959
speciesparvusKoenig and Niewoehner 1959

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.

Pentececrinus parvus Koenig and Niewoehner 1959
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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