WoRMS taxon details
Eometra Clark, 1936
AphiaID: 173847
AphiaID: 173847
| 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 (1936) Five new genera and two new species of unstalked Crinoids. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 83:245–250. [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: 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 Eometra antarctica (AH Clark, 1915) Species Eometra weddelli John, 1939 (in Vaney & John, 1939) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Antedonidae with centrodorsal rounded conical, with sockets in 10 crowded columns of 2 or 3 each, without interradial ridges, grooves, or spaces. Cirri slender, slightly curved, tapering to a fine point; longest cirrals up to 4 times longer than wide and without aboral processes. Third and following pinnules much longer than second pinnule. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:173847 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C.; Eléaume, M. (2013). Eometra Clark, 1936. 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=173847 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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