# Metacrinus

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{{Short description|Genus of crinoids}}
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| image = Haeckel Crinoidea.jpg
| image_caption = Plate from [Ernst Haeckel](/source/Ernst_Haeckel)'s ''[Kunstformen der Natur](/source/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
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'''''Metacrinus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of stalked [crinoid](/source/crinoid)s in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Isocrinidae](/source/Isocrinidae). Members of this genus live on hard surfaces in deeper parts of the ocean. The genus has [extant](/source/extant_taxon) species and is also represented in the [fossil](/source/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](/source/Pacific_Ocean) from [Japan](/source/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](/source/Metacrinus_costatus)''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small>
*''[Metacrinus interruptus](/source/Metacrinus_interruptus)''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small>
*''[Metacrinus levii](/source/Metacrinus_levii)''<small> Améziane-Cominardi, 1990</small>
*''[Metacrinus musorstomae](/source/Metacrinus_musorstomae)''<small> Roux, 1981</small>
*''[Metacrinus nodosus](/source/Metacrinus_nodosus)''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small>
*''[Metacrinus rotundus](/source/Metacrinus_rotundus)''<small> Carpenter, 1885</small>
*''[Metacrinus serratus](/source/Metacrinus_serratus)''<small> Döderlein, 1907</small>
*''[Metacrinus wyvillii](/source/Metacrinus_wyvillii)''<small> Carpenter, 1884</small>
*''[Metacrinus zonatus](/source/Metacrinus_zonatus)''<small> AH Clark, 1908</small>

==References==
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Category:Isocrinidae
Category:Crinoid genera

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