Crinozoa

Crinozoa
Temporal range: Cambrian - Recent
Crinoid on the reef of Batu Moncho Island, Indonesia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Matsumoto 1929
Classes

Crinozoa is a subphylum of mostly sessile echinoderms, of which the crinoids, or sea lilies and feather stars, are the only extant members.[1][2] Crinozoans have an extremely extensive fossil history.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Newton & Dennis 2021
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Crinozoa". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-09-16.