Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata > Order Hyocrinida

Hyocrinidae Carpenter, 1884

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Gephyrocrinus*	Koehler & Bather, 1902	taxonomically included in

Children

Gephyrocrinus Koehler & Bather, 1902

Literature

original description	Carpenter, P. H. (1884). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part I. The Stalked Crinoids. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 11 (part 32): i-xii, 1-442, pl. 1-62.
basis of record	Hess H. (2011). Hyocrinida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI (Eds.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. 172–179.
additional source	Mironov, A. N.; Sorokina, O. A. (1998). Sea lilies of the order Hyocrinida (Echinodermata, Crinoidea). Zoologicheskie Issledovania, Moscow. 2: 1-117 (in Russian).
additional source	Roux M, Lambert P (2011) Two new species of stalked crinoids from the northeastern Pacific in the genera Gephyrocrinus and Ptilocrinus (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Hyocrinidae). Effects of ontogeny and variability on hyocrinid taxonomy. Zootaxa 2825:1–54.
additional source	Roux M, Messing CG, Améziane N (2002) Artificial keys to the genera of living stalked crinoids (Echinodermata). Bulletin of Marine Science 70:799–830, 10 figs.
additional source	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Roux M (2004) New Hyocrinid crinoids (Echinodermata) from submersible investigations in the Pacific Ocean. Pacific Science 58:697–613, 8 fig.

Genbank

Citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Hyocrinidae Carpenter, 1884. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123155