Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata > Order Comatulida > Superfamily Antedonoidea > Family Pentametrocrinidae > Genus Pentametrocrinus

Pentametrocrinus atlanticus (Perrier, 1883)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Eudiocrinus Carpenter, 1882

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pentametrocrinus*	AH Clark, 1908	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	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	Clark, A. M. (1980). Crinoidea collected by the Meteor and Discovery in the NE Atlantic. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 38(4):187-210.
additional source	Mortensen, Th. (1927). Handbook of the Echinoderms of the British Isles. Oxford University Press. 1-471, figs. 1-269.
additional source	Messing, C.G. (2008). A new species of five-armed feather star, Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus n. sp., from the eastern Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 121(2): 269-275
additional source	Messing CG, Dearborn JH (1990) Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States. Echinodermata: Crinoidea. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report NMFS 91 : 1-30.
additional source	Messing CG (1978) Pentametrocrinus atlanticus (Perrier) (Echinodermata: Crinoidea): A review. Journal of Natural History 12:699-708.
additional source	Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. (82): 1-860.
source of synonymy	Clark, A. H. (1908). New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 21:125-136.

Genbank

Citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Pentametrocrinus atlanticus (Perrier, 1883). 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:124238