WoRMS taxon details
Eumorphometra aurora John, 1938
AphiaID: 173801
AphiaID: 173801
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Antedonidae incertae sedis (Subfamily) > Eumorphometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Eumorphometra Clark, 1915 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: John DD (1938) Crinoidea. Discovery Reports 18:121-222, pl. 3-6. Cambridge.
[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: 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: Check list of Antarctic and Subantarctic Crinoidea by Marc Eleaume. (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Antarctic Ocean [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Antarctic Invertebrates To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Eumorphometra with ~40 cirri of up to 28 cirrals when arms are ~30 mm long. Brachitaxes with distinctly spinous margins; axil rhombic with large proximal angle. all the segments of P1 with all segments except first longer than broad. Segments of genital pinnules not expanded. [details] Distribution: Near Shag Rocks and off Enderby Land, Antarctica. Depth range: 177-220 m. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173801 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Eléaume, M. (2013). Eumorphometra aurora John, 1938. 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=173801 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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