WoRMS taxon details
original description
Améziane-Cominardi N, Bourseau J-P, Avocat R, Roux M (1990) Les Crinoïdes pédonculés de Nouvelle-Calédonie: inventaire et réflexions sur les taxons archaïques. IN de Ridder C, Dubois P, Lahaye M-C, Jangoux M (eds.) Echinoderm Research, Proceedings Second European Conference Echinoderms Brussels, Belgium, 18-21 September 1989. Balkema, Rotterdam. p. 117–124, 1 pl. [details]
basis of record
Hess H. (2011). Cyrtocrinida. <em>In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI (Eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.</em> 180–206. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Eudesicrinidae with cup compact, with deep radial cavity, lower portion a fused cylinder (perhaps basals, or basals plus uppermost columnal); radials wide and high, with lateral sutures visible but no clear basal sutures. Four narrow and one wider radial articular facet. Lower facet of cup with lateral crenulae for attachment to unknown columnal or basal element. Brachials unknown. [details]
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