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Alecto Leach, 1815 
AphiaID: 123348

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comatulidina incertae sedis (Superfamily)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
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Rank Genus
Parent Comatulidina incertae sedis
Sources  original description: Leach W.E. (1815a). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. Vol. 2. R.P. Nodder, London. [details]

additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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Species Alecto horrida Leach, 1815 (nomen nudum)

Species Alecto adeonae (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Oligometrides adeonae (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Alecto bennetti Müller, 1841 accepted as Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto echinoptera (Müller, 1840) accepted as Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
Species Alecto elongata Müller, 1841 accepted as Dichrometra flagellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto eschrichtii Müller, 1841 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Alecto europaea Leach, 1815 accepted as Antedon bifida bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Species Alecto fimbriata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alecto flagellata Müller, 1841 accepted as Dichrometra flagellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto glacialis Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Alecto japonica Müller, 1841 accepted as Oxycomanthus japonicus (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto meridionalis L Agassiz, 1865 accepted as Comactinia meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865)
Species Alecto milleri Müller, 1841 accepted as Antedon bifida bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Species Alecto multifida Müller, 1841 accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto Novae Guineae Müller, 1841 accepted as Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Alecto palmata Müller, 1841 accepted as Lamprometra palmata (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto parvicirrus Müller, 1841 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto petasus Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Antedon petasus (Düben & Koren, 1846)
Species Alecto phalangium Müller, 1841 accepted as Leptometra phalangium (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843)
Species Alecto rotalaria (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Alecto sarsii Düben & Koren, 1846 accepted as Hathrometra tenella (Retzius, 1783)
Species Alecto savignii Müller, 1841 accepted as Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto tessellata Müller, 1841 accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto timorensis Müller, 1841 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Note  Synonymy: Type species: Alecto horrida Leach. But, the genus Alecto has no standing, as Alecto horrida is quite unrecognizable from the description or the figure, and the type-specimen has been lost. The genus Alectro Say, 1825 is clearly an emendation of Alecto, as the genus is referred to Leach (A.H. Clark, 1908). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123348
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
  
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  Citation: Hansson, H. (2013). Alecto Leach, 1815. In: Messing, C. (2013) World List of Crinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123348 on 2013-05-23
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