Pelmatozoa was once a clade of Phylum Echinodermata. It included stalked and sedentary echinoderms. The main class of Pelmatozoa were the Crinoidea which includes sea lily and feather star.
Pelmetazoa is no longer a classification of Echinodermata.[1]
Pelmetazoa Temporal range: Middle Cambrian – Recent
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Ambulacraria |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
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Pelmatozoa s.l. (sensu lato) or Crinozoa s.l., were in some systems a large taxon, sometimes considered a subphylum of echinoderms.
The majority of Pelmatozoa s.l. consisted of the extinct taxon Blastozoa.
Pelmatozoa s.s. (sensu stricto) sometimes only include Crinoidea.
Formerly treated as a formal unit of classification with the rank of subphylum, pelmatozoans are now realized to be a heterogeneous assemblage of forms with similar habits but dissimilar ancestry...