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Heterometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846) 
AphiaID: 413237

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 reynaudi (Müller, 1846) (synonym)
 Comatula (Alecto) reynaudi Müller, 1846 (basionym)
 Heterometra reynaudii (Müller, 1846) (alternative spelling)
 Himerometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846) (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]

original description (from synonym): Müller J (1846) Nachtrag zu der Abhandlung über die Comatulen. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Monatsber. 1846:177-179. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1911) Notes sur les Crinoïdes actuels du Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris. Bulletin de Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1911(4): 243-260. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (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]

Environment marine
Distribution Bay of Bengal [details]
Burma [details]
Maldives [details]
Maldives Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Depth range: Shoreline to 62 m. [details]

description: Heterometra with enlarged proximal pinnules smooth; basal segments carinate. P2 largest, with 27 segments. P1 and P3 similar, with 29 segments. Cirri 25-27 mm long, of 30-47 (usually >40 in fully grown individuals) subequal segments, all broader than long; distal cirrals with sharp aboral spine. Arm 14-25 (usually 17-20), up to 110 mm long; brachials distinctly wedge-shaped. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413237
Taxonomic
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2009-08-26 07:04:05Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846). 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=413237 on 2013-06-20
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