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Blastoidea :: Blastoidea (n. pl.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form.

Comatulid :: Comatulid (n.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

Pinnule :: Pinnule (n.) Any one of a series of small, slender organs, or parts, when arranged in rows so as to have a plumelike appearance; as, a pinnule of a gorgonia; the pinnules of a crinoid..

Articulata :: Articulata (v.) A subdivision of the Crinoidea.

Comatula :: Comatula (n.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars..

Pentacrinus :: Pentacrinus (n.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere..

Scapula :: Scapula (n.) One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.

Crinoid :: Crinoid (n.) One of the Crinoidea.

Brachiata :: Brachiata (n. pl.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea..

Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..

Articulus :: Articulus (n.) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

Pelvis :: Pelvis (n.) The calyx of a crinoid.

Pentremites :: Pentremites (n.) A genus of crinoids belonging to the Blastoidea. They have five petal-like ambulacra.

Pentacrinin :: Pentacrinin (n.) A red and purple pigment found in certain crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus.

Palmarium :: Palmarium (n.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

Encrinus :: Encrinus (n.) A genus of fossil encrinoidea, from the Mesozoic rocks..

Crinoidal :: Crinoidal (a.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids..

Entrochite :: Entrochite (n.) A fossil joint of a crinoid stem.

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) A stem or peduncle, as of certain barnacles and crinoids..

Encrinoidea :: Encrinoidea (n. pl.) That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata. See Illusts. under Comatula and Crinoidea..

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