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Balanocrinidae is one of four extant families of crinoids in the order Isocrinida, though most of its members are only known from the fossil record.[1]
| Balanocrinidae | |
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| Neocrinus decorus; YPM | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Isocrinida |
| Family: | Balanocrinidae Roux, 1981[1] |
Subfamilies and genera
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Family Balanocrinidae Roux, 1981[1]
- Subfamily Balanocrininae Roux, 1981
- Genus †Balanocrinus Agassiz in Desor, 1845
- Genus †Cainocrinus Forbes, 1852
- Genus †Laevigatocrinus Klikushin, 1979
- Genus Neocrinus Thomson, 1864
- Genus †Papacrinus Roux & Philippe, 2021
- Genus †Singularocrinus Klikushin, 1982
- Subfamily Diplocrininae Roux, 1981
- Genus †Doreckicrinus Rasmussen, 1961
- Genus Endoxocrinus AH Clark, 1908
- Subgenus Endoxocrinus (Diplocrinus) Döderlein, 1912
- Genus †Nielsenicrinus Rasmussen, 1961
- Genus Teliocrinus Döderlein, 1912
- Subfamily Isselicrininae Klikushin, 1977
- Genus †Isselicrinus Rovereto, 1914
- Genus Panglaocrinus Améziane, Eléaume & Roux, 2023[2]
- Genus †Praeisselicrinus Klikushin, 1977
- Subfamily Proisocrininae Rasmussen, 1978
- Genus †Austinocrinus De Loriol, 1889
- Genus Proisocrinus AH Clark, 1910
- Subfamily incertae sedis
- Genus Cenocrinus Thomson, 1864
Endoxocrinus sp.
- Isselicrinus buchii fossil; 3D MRI
Isselicrinus sp.; fossil stalk fragment
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References
edit- 1 2 3 Marc Eleaume. "Balanocrinidae Roux, 1981". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 Améziane, Nadia; Eléaume, Marc; Roux, Michel (20 July 2023). "Classification of Isocrinida (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) with the description of a new extant genus and species from the western Pacific" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 200 (4): 994–1012. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad101. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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