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Heliometra AH Clark, 1907 
AphiaID: 123353

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Heliometrinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Alecto eschrichtii Müller, 1841
Parent Heliometrinae AH Clark, 1909
Sources  original description: Clark AH 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860. [details]

additional source: Hess H, Messing CG (2011) Comatulida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, 1633 Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146. [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]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)

Species Heliometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881) accepted as Solanometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Heliometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra brachymera (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Heliometra clio (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Boleometra clio (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra eschrichtii (Müller, 1841) accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Heliometra glabra AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Solanometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Heliometra hondoensis (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra inexpectata (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra juvenalis AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Heliometra laodice (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra magellanica (Bell, 1882) accepted as Florometra magellanica (Bell, 1882)
Species Heliometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra maxima AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Heliometra quadrata Carpenter, 1884 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
Species Heliometra rathbuni (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Heliometra rhomboidea (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Florometra magellanica (Bell, 1882)
Species Heliometra rhomboidea (Hartlaub, 1895) (non Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Florometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895)
Species Heliometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895) accepted as Florometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895)
Environment marine
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Note  Diagnosis: Centrodorsal low hemispherical; cirrus sockets 45-100. Cirri long, stout, with 30-58 cirrals, the longest rarely twice as long as wide. Brachials smooth (finely spinose in some small specimens). Arm length reaches 25 cm. No rudimentary comb on oral pinnules. [Distinguished from Florometra by size only.] [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123353
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2011-02-23 08:39:08Z  changed  Messing, Charles
2012-11-17 21:15:25Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Heliometra AH Clark, 1907. 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=123353 on 2013-05-22
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