WoRMS taxon details
Heterometra madagascarensis (AH Clark, 1911)
AphiaID: 213560
AphiaID: 213560
| 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 |
Craspedometra madagascarensis AH Clark, 1911 | |||||||||||||
| 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] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | East Africa [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Madagascar [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
description: Heterometra with enlarged proximal pinnules smooth; basal segments carinate. P2 12 mm long, of 27 segments, similar to but slightly smaller and shorter than P3. Cirri 25-30 mm long, of 34-36 segments; longest cirrals somewhat longer than broad; distal cirrals broader than long with small but prominent aboral spine. Arms 16 arms, 130 mm long; brachials distinctly wedge-shaped. [details] Remark: According to Marshall & Rowe (1981) the preliminary identification of the Malagasy specimens placed them in three different species (H. africana, H. delagoa and H. madagascarensis), but are provisionally allocated to the specie madagascarensis because of locality. Species found in East Africa need revision when sufficient material available. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213560 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra madagascarensis (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=213560 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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