Saccocoma tenella Goldfuss 1831 (Sea lily)

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae

Synonyms: Comatula filiformis Goldfuss 1831, Comatula pectinata Goldfuss 1831, Saccocoma filiformis Goldfuss 1831

Belongs to Saccocoma according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

See also Jaekel 1918

Sister taxa: Saccocoma alpina, Saccocoma bajeri, Saccocoma longipinna, Saccocoma quenstedti, Saccocoma vernioryi

Type specimens:

  • Saccocoma tenella: Lectotype: No423, Institut für Paläontologie, University of Bonn (holotype lost).
  • Comatula filiformis:
  • Comatula pectinata:

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Austria (1 collection), France (2), Germany (5), Poland (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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