WoRMS taxon details
Heterometra affinis (Hartlaub, 1890)
AphiaID: 413228
AphiaID: 413228
| 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 |
Antedon affinis 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 (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [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] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Burma [details] East Indies [details] Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||
| Notes |
Depth range: 27-73 m. [details] description: Heterometra with enlarged proximal pinnules smooth; basal segments carinate; P2 largest and longest. Longest cirri with up to 30 segments, the longest only slightly longer than broad; distalmost with small aboral spine. Arms 15-18, 65-120 mm long; brachials wedge-shaped. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413228 | |||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra affinis (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=413228 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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