Atelecrinidae Explained

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

Genera

The following genera are in the family Atelecrinidae:

• Adelatelecrinus Messing, 2013^[1]
• Atelecrinus Carpenter, 1881^[2]
• Paratelecrinus Messing, 2013
• Sibogacrinus A. H. Clark (in A.H. Clark & A. M. Clark), 1967

Notes and References

1. 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
2. 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.