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Cenocrinus asterius

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae

Taxonomy
Isis asteria was named by Linne (1767). It is extant. It is the type species of Cenocrinus.

It was recombined as Cenocrinus asterius by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Isis asteria Linne p. 1288
1816Encrinus caput Lamarck p. 435
1816Encrinus caput medusae Lamarck p. 435
2011Cenocrinus asterius Hess and Messing p. 65

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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
subfamilyDiplocrininaeRoux 1981
genusCenocrinusThomson 1864
speciesasterius(Linne 1767)

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.

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Invalid names: Encrinus caput Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:04:52
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:04:52
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Donovan 1994

Age range: Calabrian or 1.80600 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Jamaica Cenocrinus asterius (82760)