WoRMS taxon details
Heterometra AH Clark, 1909
AphiaID: 205162
AphiaID: 205162
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Himerometridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Himerometridae AH Clark, 1907 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 (1941) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4a). Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. 82:1-603, 61 pls. [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| All child taxa [hide all] | Species Heterometra affinis (Hartlaub, 1890) Species Heterometra africana (AH Clark, 1911)
Species Heterometra astyanax AH Clark, 1941 Species Heterometra ater (AH Clark, 1911) Species Heterometra bengalensis (Hartlaub, 1890) Species Heterometra compta AH Clark, 1909 Species Heterometra crenulata (Carpenter, 1882) Species Heterometra delagoae (Gislén, 1938) Species Heterometra flora (AH Clark, 1913) Species Heterometra gravieri AH Clark, 1911 Species Heterometra joubini AH Clark, 1911 Species Heterometra madagascarensis (AH Clark, 1911) Species Heterometra nematodon (Hartlaub, 1890) Species Heterometra parilis (AH Clark, 1909) Species Heterometra philiberti (Müller, 1849) Species Heterometra producta (AH Clark, 1908) Species Heterometra propinqua (AH Clark, 1912) Species Heterometra pulchra AH Clark, 1912 Species Heterometra quinduplicava (Carpenter, 1888) Species Heterometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846) Species Heterometra sarae AH Clark, 1941 Species Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841) Species Heterometra schlegelii (AH Clark, 1908) Species Heterometra singularis AH Clark, 1909 Species Heterometra variipinna (Carpenter, 1882) Species Heterometra aspera AH Clark, 1909 accepted as Heterometra bengalensis (Hartlaub, 1890) Species Heterometra atra (AH Clark, 1911) accepted as Heterometra ater (AH Clark, 1911) Species Heterometra delicata HL Clark, 1915 accepted as Himerometridae incertae sedis Species Heterometra martensi AH Clark, 1912 accepted as Himerometra martensi (Hartlaub, 1890) Species Heterometra reynaudii (Müller, 1846) accepted as Heterometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846) | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Bagamoyo [details] Baudin Island [details] Madagascar [details] Port Curtis [details] Queensland [details] Red Sea [details] South Japan [details] Zanzibar [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
From low tide mark to 111 m. [details] description: Himerometridae with cirri of up to ~40 mm with up to 45 segments, curved distally, with all segments short, or distal segments shorter than proximal. Proximal pinnules increasing in length and strength from P1 through P3, elongated, slender or rather stout, and ranging from smooth through carinate, to prismatic with segments bearing distal spines or flanges. Arms >10. [details] Remark: Type species: Antedon quinduplicava Carpenter, 1888 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). There are many doubtful species described within this genus, a revision is needed. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205162 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra 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=205162 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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