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Stiremetra AH Clark, 1909 
AphiaID: 123365

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Antedon acutiradia Carpenter, 1888
Parent Thalassometridae AH Clark, 1908
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [details]

basis of record: Clark AH (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

basis of record: 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]

additional source: Messing CG, Améziane N, Eleaume M (2000) Echinodermata Crinoidea: Comatulid Crinoids of the KARUBAR Expedition to Indonesia. The families Comasteridae, Asterometridae, Calometridae and Thalassometridae. In A. Crosnier, ed., Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 184:627-702, 41 fig. Paris. [details]

additional source: Améziane, N. (2009). Crinoidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

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

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 Species Stiremetra acutiradia (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Stiremetra breviradia (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Stiremetra carinifera AH Clark, 1912
Species Stiremetra decora AH Clark, 1950
Species Stiremetra perplexa (AH Clark, 1912)
Species Stiremetra spinicirra (Carpenter, 1888)

Species Stiremetra arachnoides (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Daidalometra arachnoides (AH Clark, 1909)
Species Stiremetra lusitanica (Carpenter, 1884) accepted as Thalassometra lusitanica (Carpenter, 1884)
Environment marine
Note  Diagnosis: Thalassometridae with centrodorsal hemispherical or truncated conical to columnar, in some species 5-sided columnar with 10 columns of cirrus sockets separated by interradial ridges and wide radial furrows. Arms as many as 14 (typically 10), distal brachials aborally rounded. Secundibrachials 2 or 4. Proximal brachials carinate or subcarinate, smooth, with straight or everted margins. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123365
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2012-11-26 11:03:47Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Stiremetra AH Clark, 1909. 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=123365 on 2013-06-20
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