Crinozoa

Crinozoa
Temporal range:
Crinoid on the reef of Batu Moncho Island, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Crinozoa
Matsumoto 1929
Classes

Crinozoa is a subphylum of mostly sessile echinoderms, of which the crinoids, or sea lilies and feather stars, are the only extant members. Crinozoans have an extremely extensive fossil history.