海笔 (棘皮动物)

海笔(Cinctans)是一类已灭绝的棘皮动物化石只发现于中寒武纪[2][3],分佈於歐洲北非摩洛哥[4]海笔的分類地位尚有爭議,一般認為屬於棘皮動物幹群[2][3]其身體缺乏對稱性,外觀類似球拍,可分為兩部分,分別為由不规则骨板構成的勺狀萼(theca),以及後方延伸出的莖尾(stele)。[5]無柄和腕,肛門位於萼的同一側。它們的生活方式可能類似現代的被囊動物,以鰓口濾食海水中的浮游生物和有機物顆粒為生。[2]

海笔纲
化石时期:苗嶺世
產自捷克Trochocystites bohemicus化石,長15毫米
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 棘皮动物门 Echinodermata
亚门: 海扁果亚门 Homalozoa
纲: 海笔纲 Cincta
Jaekel, 1918
異名
  • 同柱綱 Homostelea Gill & Caster, 1960[1]

参考文献

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