Phanogenia Lovén, 1866

Mohammednowshad, B., Idreesbabu, K. K., Parameswaran, Usha V., Messing, Charles G. & Sureshkumar, S., 2020, The Shallow-water Crinoid Fauna of Lakshadweep Atolls, North-western Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 4789 (1), pp. 247-265 : 254

Phanogenia Lovén, 1866

Type species. — Phanogenia typica Lovén, 1866 .

Diagnosis.— A genus of Comatulidae with mouth central in fully developed specimens; up to 170 arms; anterior and posterior arms of similar length to 170 mm long, or anterior arms much longer, to 310 mm; centrodorsal ranging from small, stellate and lacking cirri, to well-developed with cirri up to L, with 16 segments, 15 mm long; IBr2 series united by synarthry or cryptosynarthry; first syzygy at 3+4 on arms arising from IBr, at 1+2 on arms arising from subsequent division series; IIBr and subsequent division series 2(1+2) or 4(3+4); IIIBr and following axils often bearing one brachitaxis and one free arm, alternating on successive axils; distal intersyzygial interval 3–4; pinnule combs at intervals to near arm tip; proximal tooth saucer-like and transverse; comb teeth tall, triangular to spade-shaped, confluent with outer edge of pinnule (modified from Messing, 1998b; Summers et al., 2017).