WoRMS taxon details
Saracrinus A. H. Clark, 1923
- Species Saracrinus angulatus (P. H. Carpenter, 1884)
- Species Saracrinus moosai Améziane, 1997
- Species Saracrinus nobilis (P. H. Carpenter, 1884)
- Species Saracrinus acutus (Döderlein, 1907) accepted as Saracrinus angulatus (P. H. Carpenter, 1884) (synonym)
- Species Saracrinus superbus (P. H. Carpenter, 1884) accepted as Saracrinus nobilis (P. H. Carpenter, 1884) (synonym)
- Species Saracrinus varians (P. H. Carpenter, 1884) accepted as Saracrinus nobilis (P. H. Carpenter, 1884) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Clark, A. H. (1923). A revision of the recent representatives of the crinoid family Pentacrinidae, with the diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 13: 8-12., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24532764 [details] 
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Saracrinus A. H. Clark, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411398 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1923). A revision of the recent representatives of the crinoid family Pentacrinidae, with the diagnoses of two new genera. <em>Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences.</em> 13: 8-12., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24532764 [details]
basis of record Hess H. (2011). Isocrinida. <em>In: Hess, H., Messing, C.G., Ausich, W.I. (Eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> 42–69. [details]
basis of record Hess H. (2011). Isocrinida. <em>In: Hess, H., Messing, C.G., Ausich, W.I. (Eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> 42–69. [details]
Other
additional source
Roux M, Messing CG, Améziane N (2002) Artificial keys to the genera of living stalked crinoids (Echinodermata). <i>Bulletin of Marine Science</i> 70:799–830, 10 figs. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Metacrininae with typically 4 primibrachials (range 3-6); only primibrachials 1-2 united by cryptosyzygy. [details]
