WoRMS taxon details
Heterometra africana (AH Clark, 1911)
AphiaID: 213559
AphiaID: 213559
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Himerometridae (Family) > Heterometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Heterometra AH Clark, 1909 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Amphimetra africana AH Clark, 1911 (basionym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): 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] source of synonymy: Clark AH (1918) The unstalked crinoids of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga Exped. 42b: 1-300, 28 pl. [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Heterometra africana delagoae Gislén, 1938 accepted as Heterometra delagoae (Gislén, 1938) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Bagamoyo [details] East Africa [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Karachi [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Madagascar [details] Mombasa [details] Pakistan [details] Persian Gulf [details] Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] West India [details] Zanzibar [details] | |||||||||||||
| Host of |
Pseudanthessius major Stock, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Pseudanthessius minor Stock, 1967 (parasitic: ectoparasitic) | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Depth range: Shoreline to 88 m. [details] description: Heterometra with cirri 20-33 mm long, of usually 30 segments; longest cirrals about as long as broad; distal cirrals 1.3x broader than long; long prominent aboral spine appears abruptly on 10th-11th cirral. No IIIBr series; proximal brachials smooth; brachials very short. Arms 19, ~ 125 mm long. [details] Description: Also distributed in Persian Gulf, west Indian and Pakistan (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213559 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra africana (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=213559 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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