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Metacrinus wyvillii

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

Taxonomy
Metacrinus wyvillii was named by Carpenter (1884) [not 1882]. It is extant. It is the type species of Metacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Metacrinus wyvillii Carpenter p. 358
1993Metacrinus wyvillei Meyer and Oji p. 253
1994Metacrinus wyvillei Stilwell et al. p. 138
2011Metacrinus wyvillii Hess and Messing p. 67

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsselicrinidaeKlikushkin 1977
subfamilyMetacrininaeKlikushin 1977
genusMetacrinusCarpenter 1882
specieswyvilliiCarpenter 1884

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.

Metacrinus wyvillii Carpenter 1884
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Diagnosis
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