Biology:Isocrinida

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Short description: Order of crinoids

Isocrinida
Temporal range: Anisian to Recent
Isocrinus nicoleti Kane County.JPG
Isocrinus nicoleti columnals; Middle Jurassic; Carmel Formation; Utah.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Subclass: Articulata
Order: Isocrinida

Isocrinida is an order of sea lilies which contains four extant families.

Characteristics

Members of this order are characterised by having a "heteromorphic" stalk; the stalk consists of a series of nodes with cirri, interspersed by several nodes without cirri. There are additionally a whorl of cirri at the base on which the animal perches. The calyx is a shallow cup consisting of five basals and five radials.[1]

Families

  • Suborder Isocrinina Sieverts-Doreck, 1952
  • Suborder Pentacrinitina Gray, 1842
    • family Pentacrinitidae Gray, 1842

References

  • Hess H (2011) Isocrinida. 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, pp. 42–69.

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