{{Short description|Genus of crinoids}} {{Italic title}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Haeckel Crinoidea.jpg | image_caption = Plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' (1904) | taxon = Metacrinus | authority = Carpenter, 1882 <ref name=WoRMS>{{cite WoRMS |author=Messing, Charles |year=2012 |title=''Metacrinus'' Carpenter, 1882 |id=411397 |access-date=2012-11-17 }}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{center|See text}} }}
'''''Metacrinus''''' is a genus of stalked crinoids in the family Isocrinidae. Members of this genus live on hard surfaces in deeper parts of the ocean. The genus has extant species and is also represented in the fossil record.<ref name=WoRMS/> Members of the genus grow to a maximum height of {{convert|60|cm}} and are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Japan to Australia.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/377411/Metacrinus |title=''Metacrinus'' |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=2012-11-17}}</ref>
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species in the genus:<ref name=WoRMS/>
*''Metacrinus costatus''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small> *''Metacrinus interruptus''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small> *''Metacrinus levii''<small> Améziane-Cominardi, 1990</small> *''Metacrinus musorstomae''<small> Roux, 1981</small> *''Metacrinus nodosus''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small> *''Metacrinus rotundus''<small> Carpenter, 1885</small> *''Metacrinus serratus''<small> Döderlein, 1907</small> *''Metacrinus wyvillii''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small> *''Metacrinus zonatus''<small> AH Clark, 1908</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Isocrinidae Category:Crinoid genera
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