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Cribroblastus melonoides

Blastoidea - Granatocrinida - Granatocrinidae

Taxonomy
Granatocrinus melonoides was named by Meek and Worthen (1869). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Schizoblastus melonoides by Etheridge and Carpenter (1882); it was recombined as Cribroblastus melonoides by Hambach (1903); it was recombined as Decemoblastus melonoides by Macurda (1977); it was misspelled as Decemboblastus melonoides by Bauer (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Granatocrinus melonoides Meek and Worthen p. 88
1882Schizoblastus melonoides Etheridge and Carpenter p. 246
1903Cribroblastus melonoides Hambach p. 41
1977Decemoblastus melonoides Macurda p. 1208 figs. P1. 3, figs 1-20
2018Decemboblastus melonoides Bauer pp. Appendix 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderGranatocrinidaBather 1900
familyGranatocrinidaeFay 1961
genusCribroblastus
speciesmelonoides()

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.

Cribroblastus melonoides Meek and Worthen 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available