WoRMS taxon details

Decametra mollis AH Clark, 1912

213347  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213347)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, A. H. (1912). Preliminary descriptions of eleven new crinoids belonging to the families Himerometridae, Mariametridae, and Colobometridae, discovered by the 'Siboga' in the Dutch East Indies. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8.</em> 10:31-41. [details]   
Distribution From Karachi, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf S to the Maldive Islands.; Depth range : Shoreline to 33 m  
Distribution From Karachi, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf S to the Maldive Islands.; Depth range : Shoreline to 33 m [details]

Description Also recorded in Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan and Maldive area (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Maldives (Marshall & Rowe, 1981).  
Description Also recorded in Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan and Maldive area (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Maldives (Marshall & Rowe, 1981). [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2024). World List of Crinoidea. Decametra mollis AH Clark, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213347 on 2024-04-18
Date
action
by
1997-03-25 17:58:32Z
created
2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2011-02-23 08:39:08Z
changed
2012-11-27 09:24:45Z
changed

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original description Clark, A. H. (1912). Preliminary descriptions of eleven new crinoids belonging to the families Himerometridae, Mariametridae, and Colobometridae, discovered by the 'Siboga' in the Dutch East Indies. <em>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8.</em> 10:31-41. [details]   

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]   

additional source Clark, A. H. (1947) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4b). <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i> 82:1-473, 43 pls. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Decametra having cirri 10 mm long, of 20-23 segments; 5-6 cirrals preceding penultimate almost or quite as long as broad; P2 largest and longest pinnule, with 14-17 segments; distal pinnulars of P2 twice as long as broad; second and following pinnulars with projecting outer corners or a few distal spines; arms 65 mm long. [details]

Distribution From Karachi, Pakistan, and the Persian Gulf S to the Maldive Islands.; Depth range : Shoreline to 33 m [details]

From other sources
Description Also recorded in Persian Gulf, W India, Pakistan and Maldive area (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Maldives (Marshall & Rowe, 1981). [details]