WoRMS taxon details
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Paris: Masson. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata, Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605 [details]
additional source
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Bourgueticrinidae with sutures between cup ossicles indistinct; basals commonly fused. Number of radials and arms generally 5, rarely 4 to 7. Every second brachial articulation synostosial or cryptosynarthrial. Articulation between cup and column commonly constricted, distinct proximale absent. Facets of elliptical distal columnals with ligament fossae forming a low, fat figure 8. [details]
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