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Crinoidea
‖
Cri-noid′e-a
(krī̍-noid′ē̍-ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
κρίνον
lily + -oid
: cf. F. crinoïde
.] (Zool.)
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See
Blastoidea
, Cystoidea
, Comatula
. Definition 2024
Crinoidea
Crinoidea
Translingual
Proper noun
Crinoidea
- A taxonomic class within the subphylum Pelmatozoa – the crinoids.
Hypernyms
- (class): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Pelmatozoa - subphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): Articulata (subclass)
- Aethocrinea, Camerata, Cladida, Disparida, Flexibilia, Inadunata (extinct subclasses)