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Nemaster AH Clark, 1909 
AphiaID: 246677

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Capillasterinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Nemaster grandis AH Clark, 1909
Parent Capillasterinae AH Clark, 1909
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1909) Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507. [details]

basis of record: Clark AH (1931) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls. [details]

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 Species Nemaster grandis AH Clark, 1909

Species Nemaster discoidea (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Nemaster insolitus AH Clark, 1917 accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Nemaster iowensis Springer, 1902 accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Species Nemaster lineata (Carpenter, 1880) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Species Nemaster mexicanensis Tommasi, 1966 accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Species Nemaster rubiginosa (Pourtalès, 1869) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Environment marine
Link To ITIS
Note  Diagnosis: Capillasterinae with brachials beyond the basal ones wedge-shaped and often longer than broad; pinnule combs present as far as P6; comb teeth single, curved, confluent with side of pinnulars closest to the arm; terminal comb tooth discrete; mou [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246677
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-10-10 11:56:07Z  created  Messing, Charles
2009-04-23 09:17:06Z  changed  Messing, Charles
2011-02-23 10:48:32Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Nemaster AH Clark, 1909. 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=246677 on 2013-06-18
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