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Henicocystinae

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Taxonomy
Henicocystidae was named by Jell (1983). Its type is Henicocystis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Henicocystinae by Nardin and Bohatý (2013).

It was assigned to Pleurocystitida by Jell (1983); and to Pleurocystitidae by Nardin and Bohatý (2013).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Henicocystidae Jell
2013Henicocystinae Nardin and Bohatý p. 534

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyPleurocystitidaeNeumayr 1889
subfamilyHenicocystinae()
subfamilyHenicocystinae()

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.

Subfm. †Henicocystinae Jell 1983
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G. †Coopericystis Parsley 1970
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Coopericystis pyriformis Parsley 1970
G. †Henicocystis Jell 1983
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Henicocystis darraghi Jell 1983
G. †Regulaecystis Dehm 1932
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Regulaecystis testudineus Nardin and Bohatý 2013
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Nardin and J. Bohatý 2013Pleurocystitids with trapezoidal to subpyriform thecal outline with no posterior lobe and flattened thecal flanges; periproct large with no anal lobe; one relatively compressed pectinirhomb at L3/L4; two uniserial feeding appendages (emended from Jell 1983: 212).