WoRMS taxon details
Decametra modica AH Clark, 1911
AphiaID: 213345
AphiaID: 213345
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Colobometridae (Family) > Decametra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Decametra AH Clark, 1911 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Decametra möbiusi AH Clark, 1911 (synonym) Decametra moebiusi AH Clark, 1911 (synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1911) The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 40:1–51. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Clark AH (1947) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4b). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82:1-473, 43 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1912) On a small collection of Recent crinoids from the Indian Ocean. Records of the Indian Museum 7: 267-271 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Tanzania [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Also distributed in Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe (1971)), though the Maldive record need confirmation as noted in 1966 (Clark & Spencer Davis). [details] Diagnosis: Decametra having cirri 7-8 mm long, of 14-20 segments that gradually increase in length to the terminal, which are about as long as broad; small sharp median spine on 5-6 cirrals preceding penultimate; P1 and P2 with 11-13 segments, which have slightly projecting and finely spinous distal edges; P2 longer and somewhat stouter than P1, 4.5 mm long; P3 much smaller and weaker, though not much shorter, than P1; arms 35-50 mm long. [details] Distribution: From Bagamoyo, Tanzania, and Mauritius to the Maldive Islands; probably to Sri Lanka.; Depth range : Littoral [details] Remark: No type or type locality designated in Clark (1911), only locality cited: Bagamoyo, German East Africa. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213345 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Decametra modica 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=213345 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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