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Zygometra AH Clark, 1907 
AphiaID: 394659

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Zygometridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Zygometridae AH Clark, 1908
Synonymised
taxa		  Hyponome Lovén, 1869 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1907) Five new recent crinoids from the North Pacific Ocean. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 50(3):337-342. [details]

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]

from synonym: Lovén S (1869) Note on Hypnome Sarsi, a recent cystidean. Skand. Naturf. Christiania 1868, Förhandl. 10:54  [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Zygometra andromeda AH Clark, 1912
Species Zygometra comata AH Clark, 1911
Species Zygometra elegans (Bell, 1882)
Species Zygometra microdiscus (Bell, 1882)
Species Zygometra pristina AH Clark, 1911
Species Zygometra punctata AH Clark, 1912

Species Zygometra hartlaubi (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Catoptometra hartlaubi (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Zygometra koehleri AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Catoptometra hartlaubi (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Zygometra mertoni Reichensperger, 1913 accepted as Zygometra microdiscus (Bell, 1882)
Species Zygometra multiradiata (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Zygometra microdiscus (Bell, 1882)
Species Zygometra rubroflava AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Catoptometra rubroflava (AH Clark, 1908)
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
Note  Diagnosis: Zygometridae with distal cirrus segments shorter than proximal segments and with prominent aboral spines. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394659
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2009-05-08 07:39:41Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Zygometra AH Clark, 1907. 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=394659 on 2013-05-20
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