WoRMS taxon details
Articulata
AphiaID: 183494
AphiaID: 183494
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) |
| Authority | Zittel, 1879 | ||||||||||
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Subclass | ||||||||||
| Parent | Crinoidea | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Miller JS (1821) A natural history of the Crinoidea or lily-shaped animals, with observations on the genera Asteria, Euryale, Comatula, and Marsupites. C. Frost. Bristol. 150 p., 50 pl. [details] basis of record: Hess H (2011) Articulata: Introduction. In: Seldon P (ed.) and Ausich WI (Coordinating Author). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. pp. 1-22. [details] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa | Order Comatulida Order Cyrtocrinida Order Encrinida † Order Hyocrinida Order Isocrinida Order Millericrinida † Order Bourgueticrinida accepted as Bourgueticrinina | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Cup composed of radial and basal ossicles without anal plates in the adult. Infrabasals present in many fossil taxa; reduced or absent in extant taxa. Mouth exposed on the surface. Axial nerves enclosed in a canal penetrating the basals, radials, and brachials. Brachials generally joined by muscular articulation, but non-muscular (ligamentary) articulations are present in almost all species. Arms bearing pinnules in all extant taxa. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:183494 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Articulata. In: Messing, C. (2013) World List of Crinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183494 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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