Crinoidea

Translingual

Ptilometra australis (passion flower feather star)

Etymology

From crinis, meaning hair or plume.

Proper noun

Crinoidea

1. The 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