Notocrinus virilis

Notocrinus virilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Family: Notocrinidae
Genus: Notocrinus
Species:
N. virilis
Binomial name
Notocrinus virilis

Notocrinus virilis is a marine invertebrate, a species of crinoid or feather star in the family Notocrinidae. It is found in deep water in the Southern Ocean around the coasts of Antarctica and adjacent islands.[2] A sea snail sometimes parasitizes it.

  1. ^ Messing, Charles (2019). "Notocrinus virilis Mortensen, 1917". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ O'Hara, Timothy; Byrne, Maria (2017). Australian Echinoderms: Biology, Ecology and Evolution. Csiro Publishing. pp. 213–214. ISBN 978-1-4863-0763-0.