Pelmatozoa

Pelmatozoa was once a clade of Phylum Echinodermata. It included stalked and sedentary echinoderms. The main class of Pelmatozoa were the Crinoidea which includes sea lily and feather star. Pelmetazoa is no longer a classification of Echinodermata. Pelmatozoa s.l. (sensu lato) or Crinozoa s.l., were in some systems a large taxon, sometimes considered a subphylum of echinoderms. The majority of Pelmatozoa s.l. consisted of the extinct taxon Blastozoa. Pelmatozoa s.s. (sensu stricto) sometimes only include Crinoidea.