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Ninocrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida

Taxonomy
Ninocrinus was named by Castellana and Manni (1991) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo]. It is not extant. Its type is Ninocrinus parculus.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eugeniacrinitoidea by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
N. parculus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Ninocrinus Castellana and Manni
2002Ninocrinus Sepkoski
2011Ninocrinus Hess and Messing p. 192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
genusNinocrinusCastellana and Manni 1991

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.

G. †Ninocrinus Castellana and Manni 1991
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Ninocrinus parculus Castellana et al. 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available