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Heterometra nematodon (Hartlaub, 1890) 
AphiaID: 413203

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Himerometridae (Family) > Heterometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Heterometra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa		  Amphimetra nematodon (Hartlaub, 1890) (synonym)
 Antedon nematodon Hartlaub, 1890 (basionym)
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]

source of synonymy: Clark AH (1911) Crinoidea. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens, Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 3(13):435-467. [details]

from synonym: Hartlaub C (1890) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universität zu Göttingen no. 5:168–187. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark AH (1912) The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(10):1-33. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution East Indies [details]
Kepulauan Aru [details]
North Australia [details]
North East Australia [details]
Queensland [details]
Specimen  Holotype: ZMH 168-187 [185] [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Depth range: 0-36 m. [details]

Depth range: Shoreline to 22 m. [details]

description: Heterometra with proximal pinnules slender, smooth, of 26-30 segments, lacking carinate processes on basal segments. P1 through P3 of similar size; P1 the longest proximal pinnule (longer than PD) and P3 the shortest . Cirri 25-30 mm long, of 40-50 subequal segments;distal cirrals with prominent, though not especially long, aboral spine. Arms 27-48, 105-115 mm long. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413203
Taxonomic
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2009-08-26 07:04:05Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra nematodon (Hartlaub, 1890). 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=413203 on 2013-05-25
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