Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 305999

Alternative combination: Pentacrinites subsulcatus

Synonyms: Pentacrinites subteroides Quenstedt 1858 (no. 306000), Pentacrinus liasinus d'Orbigny 1850 (no. 306002)

Belongs to Balanocrinus according to M. Jäger 1985

Sister taxa: Balanocrinus africanus, Balanocrinus cubensis, Balanocrinus moniliferus, Balanocrinus pentagonalis, Balanocrinus quiaiosensis, Balanocrinus smithi, Balanocrinus subteres

Ecology: stationary upper-level epifaunal suspension feeder