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Orbignycrinus cupuliformis

Crinoidea - Millericrinida - Millericrinidae

Taxonomy
Millericrinus cupuliformis was named by d'Orbigny (1841). It is the type species of Orbignycrinus.

It was recombined as Orbignycrinus cupuliformis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Millericrinus cupuliformis d'Orbigny p. 51
2011Orbignycrinus cupuliformis Hess and Messing p. 162

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderMillericrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
familyMillericrinidaeJaeckel 1918
genusOrbignycrinusBiese 1935
speciescupuliformis(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Orbignycrinus cupuliformis d'Orbigny 1841
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:12:34
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:12:34
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available