WoRMS taxon details
Zygometra elegans (Bell, 1882)
AphiaID: 394669
AphiaID: 394669
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Zygometridae (Family) > Zygometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Zygometra AH Clark, 1907 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Antedon elegans Bell, 1882 (basionym) Antedon fluctuans Carpenter, 1884 (synonym) | |||||||
| 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] additional source: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] source of synonymy: Clark AH 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Bell FJ (1882) An attempt to apply a method for formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Soceity of London 6:530-536, pl. 35. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Carpenter PH (1884) Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part I. The Stalked Crinoids. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 11(32), xii + 442, 62 pls. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Amboina [details] | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: BMNH 1881.10.26.212 [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Zygometra with 35-45 arms; longest cirri 35-45 segments. IIIBr and following brachitaxes mostly 2; IIIBr commonly of 2 ossicles internally and 4(3+4) externally. Proximal pinnules slender, the longest up to 18 mm with 27-40 segments. [details] Distribution: North Australia south to between Fremantle and Geraldton on the west and to Sandon Bluff, New South Wales, on the east; Depth range : Shoreline to 89 m [details] Distribution: Fremantle, West Australia to Sandon Bluffs, New South Wales, Australia; Depth range : 0-100 m [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:394669 | |||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Zygometra elegans (Bell, 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=394669 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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