Teliocrinus ojii, Roux, Michel, Améziane, Nadia & Eleaume, Marc, 2009

Roux, Michel, Améziane, Nadia & Eleaume, Marc, 2009, The genus Teliocrinus (Crinoidea, Echinodermata): a key taxon among pentacrinid stalked crinoids, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155 (1), pp. 22-39 : 38

TELIOCRINUS OJII SP. NOV.

Synonym: Teliocrinus springeri Oji, 1990: 423 .

Diagnosis: A species with arm divisions usually at IBr2ax and IIBr2ax. Syzygies or synostoses at IIBr2+3, 3+4, 10+11, or 13+14. Distal arm: with rudimentary pinnules either restricted or absent. Number of internodals per noditaxis: between 7 and 9 or between 10 and 12. Stalk symplexy with up to 5 crenulae per petaloid zone. Cirrus socket: large, over the entire height of nodal.

Occurrence: From late Early to early Middle Miocene of Japan (Yamami Formation, Morozaki Group).

Remark: If the presumed arm transverse synarthries are not confirmed, this species should be transferred to the genus Endoxocrinus .