Articulata

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Main Groups of Organisms
	Articulata - modern sea lilies

After Parker, 1982 and CAS, 1998

<==o ARTICULATA (modern sea lilies; nykymerililjat)
   |--o MILLERICRINIDA [incl. Bourgueticrinida]
   |  |-- Apiocrinidae
   |  |-- Bathycrinidae
   |  |-- Bourgueticrinidae
   |  |-- Phrynocrinidae
   |  `?- Porphyrocrinidae
   |--o CYRTOCRINIDA
   |  |-- Hyocrinidae*
   |  `-- Holopodidae* [=? Holopusidae]
   |--o ISOCRINIDA
   |  |-- Isocrinidae
   |  `?- Proisocrinidae
   `--o COMATULIDA
      |?- Apocrinidae
      |--o PARACOMATULACEA
      |  `-- Atelecrinidae*
      |--o COMASTERACEA
      |  `-- Comasteridae*
      |--o MARIAMETRACEA
      |  |-- Mariametridae
      |  |-- Zygometridae
      |  |-- Eudiocrinidae
      |  |-- Himerometridae
      |  `-- Colobometridae
      |--o TROPIOMETRACEA
      |  |-- Tropiometridae
      |  |-- Calometridae
      |  |-- Ptilometridae
      |  |-- Asterometridae
      |  |-- Thalassometridae
      |  `-- Charitometridae
      |--o NOTOCRINACEA
      |  |-- Notocrinidae
      |  `-- Aporometridae
      `--o ANTEDONACEA
         |-- Antedonidae
         `-- Pentametrocrinidae

Reference(s):

Parker, S. P. (ed.), 1982: Synopsis and classification of living organisms. Vols. 1 & 2
–McGrew-Hill Book Company

Anonymous, 1998: The CAS Echinoderm webpage.
–iNet: California Academy of Sciences: http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/echinoderm/classify.htm [visited: 2002-5 October]