Definition of Ptilocrinus

1. Noun. Sea lilies.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ptilocrinus
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Genus
Group relationships: Class Crinoidea, Crinoidea
Member holonyms: Sea Lily

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ptilocrinus

Pterocnemia
Pterocnemia pennata
Pterodactylidae
Pterodactylus
Pterois
Pteropogon humboltianum
Pteropsida
Pteropus
Pteropus capestratus
Pteropus hypomelanus
Pterosauria
Pterostylis
Ptilocercus
Ptilocrinus (current term)
Ptilonorhynchidae
Ptilonorhynchus
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus
Ptloris
Ptloris paradisea
Ptolemaian
Ptolemaic
Ptolemaic dynasty
Ptolemaic system
Ptolemaida
Ptolemais
Ptolemaist
Ptolemaists
Ptolemean

Literary usage of Ptilocrinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The type species of Ptilocrinus. P. pi mm tux, came from the Queen Charlotte Islands, off British Columbia, and was dredged at a depth of 1.588 fathoms, ..."

2. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"A new species of Crinoid (Ptilocrinus pinnatus) from the Pacific Coast, ... The species of Ptilocrinus was obtained by the United States Fisheries steamer ..."

3. Bulletin de la Classe des sciences by Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique Classe des sciences, Académie Royale de Belgique (1908)
"These clearly belong to a species allied to Ptilocrinus pinnatus AH Clark (1) ... Clark gave no diagnosis of Ptilocrinus, nor did he assign it to any Family ..."

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