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Encrinasterinae

Ophiuroidea - Encrinasteridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Encrinasterinae Harper and Morris p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
familyEncrinasteridae
subfamilyEncrinasterinae
subfamilyEncrinasterinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Encrinasterinae Harper and Morris 1978
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G. †Crepidosoma Spencer 1930
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Crepidosoma doylei Blake et al. 2017
Crepidosoma wenlocki Spencer 1930
G. †Marginura Haude 1999
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Marginura hilleri Jell and Theron 1999
Invalid names: Marginaster Haude 1995 [replaced]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Harper and R. W. Morris 1978Small- to large-sized ophiuroids; ambulacral ossicles alternating, commonly with boot-shaped oral surfaces; adambulacral ossicles subventral, composed of heavy plates continuous in a radial direction, with broad oral surfaces, often bearing rows of pustules, and commonly with curved sutures producing rope-like twists; disc large, with well developed interrays, commonly bounded by stout frame of marginal ossicles; podia1 basins supported by ambulacrals and adambulacrals, tending toward size reduction laterally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Early/Lower Devonian or 438.60000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Ireland Crepidosoma doylei (191007)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom Crepidosoma wenlocki (99373 224104)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Argentina (Jachal) Marginaster yachalensis (39230)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Crepidosoma sp. (647)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95South Africa Marginura hilleri (39146)