Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata > Order Comatulida > Superfamily Antedonoidea

Pentametrocrinidae AH Clark, 1908

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pentametrocrinus AH Clark, 1908
Thaumatocrinus Carpenter, 1883

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: イツウデウミシダ科

Literature

original description	Clark, A. H. (1908). New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 21:125-136.
basis of record	Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (82): 1-860.
additional source	Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI (2011) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
additional source	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Hess H, Messing CG (2011) Comatulida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146.
additional source	Mortensen, Th. (1927). Handbook of the Echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press. 1-471, figs. 1-269.

Genbank

Citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Pentametrocrinidae AH Clark, 1908. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123151