WoRMS taxon details
Eumorphometra Clark, 1915
AphiaID: 173797
AphiaID: 173797
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Antedonidae incertae sedis | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1915) Die Crinoiden der Antarktis. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903, 16. Zoologie 8:102–210, pl. 2–10. [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, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146. [details] additional source: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Eumorphometra aurora John, 1938 Species Eumorphometra concinna Clark, 1915 Species Eumorphometra fraseri John, 1938 Species Eumorphometra hirsuta (Carpenter, 1888) Species Eumorphometra marri John, 1938 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To GenBank | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Antedonidae with centrodorsal conical, with sockets in 10 or 15 (rarely 20) irregular crowded columns not separated into radial groups. Cirri with 30-45 cirrals, the longest approximately twice as long as wide. Proximal brachials typically finely spinose and not in lateral contact. First 2 pinnules similar. Females are viviparous in the 2 species for which females are known. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173797 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C.; Eléaume, M. (2013). Eumorphometra. 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=173797 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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