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Hybocrinus nitidus

Crinoidea - Hybocrinida - Hybocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hybocrinus nitidus was named by Sinclair (1945).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Hybocrinus nitidus Sinclair
1982Hybocrinus nitidus Sprinkle pp. 121 - 127 figs. Plate 7, figures 1-18, 21-39; Plate 8, figures 1-4; Figure 40A-I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderPorocrinoidea
orderHybocrinidaJaekel 1918
familyHybocrinidaeZittel 1879
genusHybocrinusBillings 1857
speciesnitidusSinclair 1945

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.

Hybocrinus nitidus Sinclair 1945
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Sprinkle 1982Cup moderately asymmetric, nearly circular in top view, L:W averaging 1.01, summit tilted to cup axis, tilt angle averaging 26'; BB differing greatly in size because stem facet offset toward A ray, RR differing slightly, anal X elongate, about two-thirds width of small adjacent C-ray radial; PO small with horseshoe-shaped hydropore in raised tubercle, PO not reaching RR but no large accessory 00 or anals observed, wide periproctal membrane around anal pyramid, few small ambulacral flooring plates present; plates with fine pustular ornament; arms relatively short, one to one and a half times cup length, differing slightly in diameter with A-ray arm largest; stem short, approximately equal to cup length, round with rounded star-shaped lumen, divided into pentameres centered directly below BB, terminating in small type 2 holdfast distally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:36:32
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:36:32
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Hybocrinus nitidus (23990)