Blastozoa

Blastozoa is a subphylum of extinct echinoderms characterized by the presence of specialized respiratory structures and brachiole plates used for feeding.^[1] It ranged from the Cambrian to the Permian. Biserial, triradiate, and pentaradiate ambulacral patterns have been identified in blastozoa specimens. The pentaradiate pattern in particular has been associated with several different classes.^[2]

A significant species has been found at the Zaouïa Formation.^[3]

References

^ Sprinkle, J. (1973). "Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms". Harvard Special Publication: Museum of Comparative Zoology.
^ Bockelie, JF (1981). "SYMMETRY AND AMBULACRAL PATTERN OF THE RHOMBIFERAN SUPERFAMILY CARYOCYSTITIDIA AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BLASTOZOA". GEOLOGISKA FORENINGENS | STOCKHOLM FORHANDLINGAR. 103 (4): 491–498 – via Web of Science.
^ Makhlouf, Y.; Lefebvre, B.; Nardin, E.; Nedjari, A.; Paul, C.R.C. (2017), "The diploporite blastozoan Lepidocalix pulcher from the Middle Ordovician of northern Algeria: Taxonomic revision and palaeoecological implication", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 62: 299–310, doi:10.4202/app.00286.2016, retrieved 2020-05-29

External links

Harvard: Subphylum Blastozoa Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Sprinkle, J. (1973). "Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms". Harvard Special Publication: Museum of Comparative Zoology.

[2] Bockelie, JF (1981). "SYMMETRY AND AMBULACRAL PATTERN OF THE RHOMBIFERAN SUPERFAMILY CARYOCYSTITIDIA AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BLASTOZOA". GEOLOGISKA FORENINGENS | STOCKHOLM FORHANDLINGAR. 103 (4): 491–498 – via Web of Science.

[3] Makhlouf, Y.; Lefebvre, B.; Nardin, E.; Nedjari, A.; Paul, C.R.C. (2017), "The diploporite blastozoan Lepidocalix pulcher from the Middle Ordovician of northern Algeria: Taxonomic revision and palaeoecological implication", Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 62: 299–310, doi:10.4202/app.00286.2016, retrieved 2020-05-29

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