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Aphelecrinus elegans

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Aphelecrinus elegans was named by Kirk (1944). It is the type species of Aphelecrinus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. angustatus, A. dilatatus, A. oweni, A. parvus, A. randolphensis, A. roscobiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Aphelecrinus elegans Kirk
2012Aphelecrinus elegans Kammer and Roeser p. 479

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
—ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusAphelecrinusKirk 1944
specieselegansKirk 1944

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.

†Aphelecrinus elegans Kirk 1944
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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