WoRMS taxon details
Pentametrocrinus varians (Carpenter, 1882)
AphiaID: 213567
AphiaID: 213567
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Pentametrocrinidae (Family) > Pentametrocrinus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Pentametrocrinus AH Clark, 1908 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Eudiocrinus varians Carpenter, 1882 (basionym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] basis of record: Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860. [details] additional source: Messing, C.G. (2008). A new species of five-armed feather star, Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus n. sp., from the eastern Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 121(2): 269-275 [details] additional source: Clark AM (1972) Some crinoids from the Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 24(2):75-156. [details] additional source: Kogo I (1998) Crinoids from Japan and its adjacent waters. Special Publications from Osaka Museum of Natural History 30:1-148. [details] source of synonymy: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] from synonym: Carpenter PH (1882) Description of new or little known Comatulae. I. On the species of Atelecrinus and Eudiocrinus. II. The Comatulae of the Hamburg Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 16:487–526. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Pentametrocrinus with first pinnule on brachial 2. Maximum centrodorsal diameter 4.3 mm. Cirri 15–30, with 18–24 cirrals, to 50 mm long; longest cirral with LW ratio 6–8; tip a tapered point. Synarthrial tubercles present. Rays unornamented. Disk unknown (Messing, 2008). [details] Distribution: Maldive and Andaman Islands E to Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, and N to Suruga Gulf, Japan.; Depth range : 457 (?378)-2727 m [details] Distribution: Kumanonada, SE of Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan; Depth range : 1,120-1,160 m [details] Distribution: Also distributed in Maldives, Andamans, Lesser Sunda Island and southern Japan in depths from about 400-2800 m. (Clark & Clark, 1967) [details] Type locality: Type locality: off Philippines [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213567 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Pentametrocrinus varians (Carpenter, 1882). 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=213567 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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