Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata > Order Comatulida > Suborder Bourgueticrinina > Family Rhizocrinidae > Genus Rhizocrinus

Rhizocrinus lofotensis Sars, 1868

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rhizocrinus*	Sars, 1868	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Conocrinus lofotensis*	(Sars, 1868)	synonym
*Rhizocrinus verrilli*	AH Clark, 1908	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Norwegian Bokmål: lofotsjølilje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: lofotsjølilje sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lofotssjölilja

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1868) Mémoires pour servir à la connaissance des Crinoïdes vivants; I: Du Rhizocrinus lofotensis M. Sars, nouveau genre vivant des crinoïdes pédicellés, dits lis de mer; II: Du pentacrinoïde de l'Antedon Sarsii (Alecto) Duben et Koren. Brøgger & Christie. Christiania. 65 p., 6 pl.
basis of record	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	Roux, M.; Eléaume, M.; Améziane, N. (2019). A revision of the genus Conocrinus d'Orbigny, 1850 (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Rhizocrinidae) and its place among extant and fossil crinoids with a xenomorphic stalk. Zootaxa. 4560(1): 51.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).

Genbank

Citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Rhizocrinus lofotensis Sars, 1868. 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:124188