WoRMS taxon details
Leptometra phalangium (Müller, 1841)
AphiaID: 124226
AphiaID: 124226
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Antedonidae incertae sedis (Subfamily) > Leptometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Leptometra AH Clark, 1908 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Alecto phalangium Müller, 1841 (basionym) Antedon phalangium (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Comatula phalangium (Müller, 1841) (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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: 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] new combination reference: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] from synonym: Dujardin, F. & Hupé, H. (1862). Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes Echinodermes comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des asterides, des échinides et des holothurides. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 628 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=cSw4AAAAMAAJ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Marion, A. F. 1879. Draguages au large de Marseille. Annales des sciences naturelles, Paris, Ser. 6, 8: 1-48. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller J (1841) Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841:179-189 (also Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148). [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] French Exclusive Economic Zone [Mediterranean part] [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To PESI | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Leptometra with centrodorsal sharply to bluntly, rounded, or truncated conical, or even somewhat columnar, usually about as high as broad at the base, sometimes higher than broad, with the apical third or half without functional cirrus sockets, shallowly pitted, with a very rregular surface, or bearing numerous papillae. Cirrus sockets elongate dorsoventrally, arranged in 2, or 2 and a more or less developed third, usually somewhat irregular columns beneath each radial, and usually closely crowded. [details] Distribution: Mediterranean basin E to Sea of Marmara, and Adriatic as far N as Lissa (Vis). Depth range: 55-1,292 m; rare shallower than 100 m. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124226 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Leptometra phalangium (Müller, 1841). 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=124226 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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