Notocrinidae
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| Notocrinidae | |
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| Notocrinus virilis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Comatulida |
| Superfamily: | Notocrinoidea |
| Family: | Notocrinidae Mortensen, 1918[1] |
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Notocrinidae is a family of crinoids. It includes one extant genus, Notocrinus,[1] which contains two species, both endemic to the seas around Antarctica.[2] and Zelandimetra, a fossil taxon from the Late Oligocene found in New Zealand.[3]
