WoRMS taxon details
Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei Sun, Mei & Sha 2025
1868476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1868476)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Sun, S.; Mei, Z.; Sha, Z. (2025). Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei, a new species of stalked crinoid (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Isocrinida, Balanocrinidae) from rotten wood in the cold seep area of the Taixinan Basin, South China Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1241: 185-204., available online at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12179643/pdf/zookeys-1241-185_article-128991__.pdf [details] Available for editors 
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Holotype MBMCAS MBM287584, geounit North West Pacific
Holotype MBMCAS MBM287584, geounit North West Pacific [details]
WoRMS (2026). Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei Sun, Mei & Sha 2025. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1868476 on 2026-02-04
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Nomenclature
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Sun, S.; Mei, Z.; Sha, Z. (2025). Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) kexuei, a new species of stalked crinoid (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Isocrinida, Balanocrinidae) from rotten wood in the cold seep area of the Taixinan Basin, South China Sea. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1241: 185-204., available online at https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12179643/pdf/zookeys-1241-185_article-128991__.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
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Holotype MBMCAS MBM287584, geounit North West Pacific [details]
Paratype MBMCAS MBM287585, geounit North West Pacific [details]
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Diagnosis Arm number 20–22; arms smooth, up to 14 cm long; lateral flanges present on all proximal brachials; IBr1+2 synostosis very flat with synostosial stereom predominating; axial canal rectangular; stalk shorter than arms, 6.5 cm long; internodals per mature noditaxis 5–8; stalk stellate to pentagonal cross-section; proximalmost diameter of stalk 5 mm; less than five (down to 2) cirri per nodal; proximal cirri directed upward; cirrus sockets large and round; 30 robust cirrals per cirrus; cirri rudimentary until 3 th nodal; cryptosymplexies without marked symmorphy and with facets mainly covered by synostosial stereom axial canal usually incompletely filled with stereom needlelike network and preserving an irregular secondary lumen [details]
