WoRMS taxon details
Alloeocomatella polycladia Messing, 1995
AphiaID: 246721
AphiaID: 246721
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Phanogeniinae (Subfamily) > Alloeocomatella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Alloeocomatella Messing, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Alloeocomatella Messing, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Messing CG (1995) Alloeocomatella, a new genus of reef-dwelling feather star from the tropical Indo-western Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108:436-450, 6 fig. [details] basis of record: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Ceram [details] Chuuk [details] Fiji [details] Lizard Island (Queensland) [details] New Caledonia [details] Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Papua New Guinean Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: USNM E44632 [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Alloeocomatella with up to 30 arms; ray length to 205 mm; anterior:posterior ray length ratio 1.1-1.5:1; longest segments on distal pinnules with length:width ratio usually 3-5:1; longest cirrus segments with length:width ratio 1.3-2.0. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246721 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Alloeocomatella polycladia Messing, 1995. 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=246721 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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