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Atelecrinidae

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Atelecrinidae
Paratelecrinus conifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Suborder: Bourgueticrinina
Family: Atelecrinidae
Bather, 1899[1]

Atelecrinidae is a family of crinoids or feather stars in the phylum Echinodermata. It was first described by Francis Arthur Bather in 1899.

Genera

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The following genera are in the family Atelecrinidae:

References

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  1. ^ Bather F.A. 1899. A phylogenetic classification of the Pelmatozoa. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1898):916–923, 1 fig.
  2. ^ a b Messing, C. G. (2013). A revision of the genus Atelecrinus PH Carpenter (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa. 3681(1):1-43., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.1
  3. ^ Carpenter, P. H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78), the Caribbean Sea (1878–79), and the east coast of the United States (1880). XVI. Preliminary report on the Comatulae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 9(4):1–20, pl 1.