Biology:Crinozoa

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Crinozoa is a subphylum of mostly sessile echinoderms, of which the crinoids, or sea lilies and feather stars, are the only extant members.[1][2] Crinozoans have an extremely extensive fossil history.

Classes within Crinozoa

As published in the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Crinozoa included all stemmed groups except for the few stemmed basal solutes.[3] When Blastozoa was erected to contain stalked forms with brachioles rather than arms, only Crinoidea and Paracrinoidea remained within Crinozoa.[4][5] Recent cladistic work has placed Paracrinoidea under Blastozoa,[6] although some sources continue to include Paracrinoidea.[2]

One proposal for the cladistic placement of the Homalozoan classes groups Stylophora together with crinoids to form Crinozoa.[7] A 2024 survey of recent research finds more support for Homalozoa as a paraphyletic assemblage along the echinoderm stem group, but noted that the position of Stylophora in particular was uncertain.[8]

If neither Paracrinoidea nor Stylophora can be included, Crinozoa would be equivalent to the Crinoidea total group.

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Wikidata ☰ Q2503841 entry