WoRMS taxon details
Leptometra AH Clark, 1908
AphiaID: 123354
AphiaID: 123354
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Antedonidae incertae sedis (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Alecto phalangium Müller, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Antedonidae incertae sedis | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] basis of record: 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: 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: 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 [show all] | Species Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857) Species Leptometra phalangium (Müller, 1841) Species Leptometra phalangium (Carpenter, 1881) non (Müller, 1841) accepted as Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Antedonidae with centrodorsal conical, as wide as high or low and truncated, with sockets in 10 or 15 crowded columns. Cirri slender, with as many as 51 cirrals, the longest as much as 3 times longer than wide. The first 2 pinnules are similar and distinctly longer than the third. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123354 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Leptometra AH Clark, 1908. 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=123354 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||
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