Guillecrinidae is a small family of
echinoderms
An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea li ...
in the class
Crinoidea
Crinoids are marine animals that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that are attached to the sea bottom by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms are called feather stars or comatulids, which are ...
, and contains the following genera and species below.
Genera and species
* ''
Guillecrinus''
Roux
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, 1985
** ''
Guillecrinus neocaledonicus''
Bourseau et al., 1991
** ''
Guillecrinus reunionensis''
Roux, 1985
* ''
Vityazicrinus''
Mironov & Sorokina, 1998
** ''
Vityazicrinus petrachenkoi''
Mironov & Sorokina, 1998
References
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Echinoderm families
Comatulida