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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDecametra chadwicki (AH Clark, 1911) 
AphiaID: 213342

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEchinodermata (Phylum) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCrinozoa (Subphylum) > Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorCrinoidea (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorArticulata (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorComatulida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorComatulidina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMariametroidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorColobometridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDecametra (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDecametra AH Clark, 1911
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorColobometra (Prometra) chadwicki (AH Clark, 1911) (synonym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorColobometra chadwicki AH Clark, 1911 (basionym)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPrometra chadwicki (AH Clark, 1911) (synonym)
Sources 
source of synonymy Clark AH (1937) Crinoidea. The John Murray Expedition, 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(4):88–108, 1 pl. [details]

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Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Specimen  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHolotype USNM 27509 [details]
Host of  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEnterognathus lateripes Stock, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Link Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDiagnosis Decametra having cirri 12-14 mm long, of 22-24 segments; third or fourth and following about as long as broad; distal cirrals with pair of small erect aboral tubercles or spines; P2 much longer than P1 or P3, 13 mm long, slender, of 20-21 segments; fourth and following pinnulars 2-5 times longer than broad, with prominently everted and spinous distal ends; P2 to P6 stiffened; arms ~90 mm long. [details]

Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDistribution Suez Bay, Egypt; Depth range : 18 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213342
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-03-25 17:58:32Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-02-23 08:25:03Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Decametra chadwicki (AH Clark, 1911). 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=213342 on 2014-03-12
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