Biology:Pelmatozoa

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Short description: Extinct group of marine invertebrates

Pelmatozoa was once a clade of Phylum Echinodermata. It included stalked and sedentary echinoderms. The main class of Pelmatozoa were the Crinoidea which includes sea lily and feather star.

Pelmetazoa is no longer a classification of Echinodermata.[1]

References

  1. Fell, Howard B.. "Pelmatozoa". AccessScience, McGraw Hill Education. http://www.accessscience.com/content/pelmatozoa/495400. Retrieved 27 September 2014. "Formerly treated as a formal unit of classification with the rank of subphylum, pelmatozoans are now realized to be a heterogeneous assemblage of forms with similar habits but dissimilar ancestry..."