Crinoidea

Translingual

Ptilometra australis (passion flower feather star)

Etymology

From crinis, meaning hair or plume.

Proper noun

Crinoidea

1. Crinoids
   1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Pelmatozoa.
   2. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Crinozoa.

Hypernyms

• (class in Pelmatozoa): Animalia – kingdom; Eumetazoa – subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa – clades; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Pelmatozoa – subphylum
• (class in Crinozoa): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Crinozoa – subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class in Pelmatozoa): Articulata (subclass)
  • Aethocrinea, Camerata, Cladida, Disparida, Flexibilia, Inadunata (extinct subclasses)
• (class in Crinozoa): Comatulida, Cyrtocrinida, Hypocrinida, Isocrinida – orders

References

• Crinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Crinoidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Crinoidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Crinoidea at the Tree of Life Web Project