Nomenclature
original description
Mironov, A. N.; Sorokina, O. A. (1998). Sea lilies of the order Hyocrinida (Echinodermata, Crinoidea). <em>Zoologicheskie Issledovania, Moscow.</em> 2: 1-117 (in Russian). [details]
basis of record
Roux M, Lambert P (2011) Two new species of stalked crinoids from the northeastern Pacific in the genera <i>Gephyrocrinus</i> and <i>Ptilocrinus</i> (Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Hyocrinidae). Effects of ontogeny and variability on hyocrinid taxonomy. <i>Zootaxa</i> 2825:1–54. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Subgenus of Ptilocrinus with tegmen variously inflated; conspicuous radial bridges elevated above tegmen from orals to Br5 or more; cover plates well differentiated on tegmen; orals concave (median depression); anal sac always conspicuously higher than oral cone. Tendency for larger interradial tegminal plates to be arranged into a median row when tegmen inflated. Distal stalk syzygies with crenularium weakly differentiated. [details]