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Definition of Class crinoidea
1. Noun. Sea lilies.
Group relationships: Echinodermata, Phylum Echinodermata
Member holonyms: Crinoid, Genus Ptilocrinus, Ptilocrinus, Antedonidae, Family Antedonidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Literary usage of Class crinoidea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"... constitute the evolution curve of the entire class, Crinoidea. The two lower
curves in the Paleozoic periods represent the evolution curve of the order ..."
2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Class CRINOIDEA. Sessile echinoderms with five arms generally branched with
pinnules, aboral pole usually with cirri, sometimes with jointed stalk for ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... as a fresh development with a new lease of life, the important class, Crinoidea.
The other lines were unsuccessful and none survived the Silurian. ..."
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