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List of echinoderm orders

List of echinoderm orders is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of echinoderm orders rather than just read about it. In short: This List of echinoderm orders concerns the various classes and orders into which taxonomists categorize the roughly 7000 extant species as well as the extinct species of the exclusively marine phylum Echinodermata. Subphylum Crinozoa Class Crinoidea Subclass Articulata (540 species) Order Bourgueticrinida Order Comatulida Order Cyrtocrinida Order Hyocrinida Order Isocrinida Order Millericrinida Subclass †Flexibilia…

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This List of echinoderm orders concerns the various classes and orders into which taxonomists categorize the roughly 7000 extant species as well as the extinct species of the exclusively marine phylum Echinodermata.

Subphylum Crinozoa

Class Crinoidea

Subclass Articulata (540 species) Order Bourgueticrinida Order Comatulida Order Cyrtocrinida Order Hyocrinida Order Isocrinida Order Millericrinida Subclass †Flexibilia Subclass †Camerata Subclass †Disparida

Class Paracrinoidea † No orders, 13 to 15 genera are known.

order Comarocystitida † ?Family Heckeritidae † Heckerites † Family Amygdalocystitidae † Achradocystites † Volborth, 1870 Amygdalocystites † Billings, 1854 (= Ottawacystis) (?= Billingsocystis) Oklahomacystis † Parsley & Mintz, 1975 (Bassler, 1943) Ovulocystites † Frest et al., 1980 Family Comarocystitidae † Balther, 1899 Comarocystites † Billings, 1854 Implicaticystis † Sinclairocystis † order Platycystitida † Family Platycystitidae † Canadocystis † (= Sigmacystis) Platycystites † Family Malocystitidae † Malocystites † Wellerocystis † Family Bistomiacystitidae † Bistomiacystis † Doubtful paracrinoids:

Columbocystis Foerstecystis Springerocystis Ulrichocystis Paleocystites Allocystites

Class Cystoidea order Aristocystitida order Asteroblastida order Glyptosphaeritida order Sphaeronitida

Class Edrioasteroidea †

order Edrioasterida order Isorophida

Subphylum Asterozoa

Class Ophiuroidea (Brittle stars)

order Euryalida order Ophiurida order Amphilepidida order Ophiacanthida order Ophioleucida order Ophioscolecida

Class Asteroidea (Starfish) Infraclass Concentricycloidea Peripodida Superorder Forcipulatacea Brisingida Forcipulatida Superorder Spinulosacea Spinulosida Superorder Valvatacea Notomyotida Paxillosida Valvatida Velatida † Calliasterellidae † Trichasteropsida

Subphylum Echinozoa

Class Echinoidea (Sea urchins)

Superorder Diadematacea Order Diadematoida Order Echinothurioida Order Pedinoida Superorder Echinacea Order Arbacioida Order Echinoida Order Phymosomatoida Order Salenioida Order Temnopleuroida Superorder Gnathostomata Order Clypeasteroida (sand dollars) Order Holectypoida Superorder Atelostomata Order Holasteroida Order Spatangoida (heart urchins)

Class Holothuroidea (Sea cucumbers)

Order Apodida Order Dendrochirotida Order Elasipodida Order Holothuriida Order Molpadida Order Persiculida Order Synallactida

Class Ophiocistioidea †

No orders recognized: class is divided up into four families, Eucladiidae, Sollasiniidae, Volchoviidae, and Rhenosquamidae. The inclusion of Rhenosquamidae within Ophiocistioidea is doubtful, as the organs identified in fossils of Rhenosquamus as the characteristic "scaly podia" otherwise diagnostic of ophiocistioids may not, in fact, be such structures.

Class Helicoplacoidea † No known orders, 2 known species, Helicoplacus curtisi and H. guthi

Subphylum Blastozoa

Class Blastoidea †

Order Coronata † Order Fissiculata † Order Spiraculata † basal Macurdablastus †

Class Eocrinoidea †

Order Ascocystida † Order Gogiida † Order Imbricata † Order Trachelocrinida †

Subphylum Homostelea / Homalozoa †

Class Ctenocystoidea † order Ctenocystida †

Class Soluta †

Class Cincta †

Class Stylophora † order Cornuta † order Mitrata †

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In the classroom: List of echinoderm orders is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Echinoderm orders, Lists of echinoderms, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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