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Crinoidea

Crinoidea \Cri*noid"e*a\ (kr[-i]*noid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

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It is true that we first see polypiaria, crinoidea, articulata, and mollusca, but not exactly in the order stated by the author.