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Helicocystis
Taxonomy
Helicocystis was named by Smith and Zamora (2013). Its type is Helicocystis moroccoensis.
It was assigned to Helicocystitidae by Smith and Zamora (2013).
It was assigned to Helicocystitidae by Smith and Zamora (2013).
Species
H. moroccoensis (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2013 | Helicocystis Smith and Zamora p. 6 |
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G. †Helicocystis Smith and Zamora 2013
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†Helicocystis moroccoensis Smith and Zamora 2013
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. B. Smith and S. Zamora 2013 | Stem polyplated; basal cup of large sutured plates; theca above the cup with five recumbent ambulacra spiralling clockwise away from an apical peristome. Ambulacra composed of biserial flooring plates lacking direct connection with the body chamber, and sheets of primary cover plates and very small secondary cover plates. Interambulacral zones are also spiral, composed of sheets of plates that could be expanded and contracted concertina-like. |