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Heterometra sarae AH Clark, 1941 
AphiaID: 413249

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
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1941) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4a). Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. 82:1-603, 61 pls. [details]

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

Environment marine
Distribution Ashmore Reef [details]
East Indies [details]
Specimen  Holotype: ZMUC 1-61 [318] [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Depth range: 2-32 m. [details]

description: Heterometra with carination on proximal segments of enlarged proximal pinnules almost obsolete. Cirri 20-30 mm long, of 25-33 (usually 30-33) segments; longest cirrals about as long as broad; distal cirrals slightly broader than long with small carinate aboral spine. Arms 19 arms, 145 mm long; no IIIBr series; proximal brachials aborally swollen; all brachials exceedingly short.  [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413249
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-08-26 07:04:05Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Heterometra sarae AH Clark, 1941. 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=413249 on 2013-05-22
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