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Amphimetra molleri (AH Clark, 1908) 
AphiaID: 413272

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Himerometridae (Family) > Amphimetra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Amphimetra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa
  Himerometra molleri AH Clark, 1908 (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: 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 (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [details]

from synonym: Clark AH (1908) New genera and species of crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:219-232. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Bay of Bengal [details]
China [details]
East Indies [details]
Greater Sunda Islands [details]
Gulf of Thailand [details]
Maldives [details]
Maledives [details]
Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Japan [details]
Sri Lankan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Depth range: Shoreline to 55 m. [details]

descriptionAmphimetra with stout, curved cirri, of 24-50 short subequal segments; cirrals 2-3x broader than long; first aboral spine appears proximal to 8th cirral; arms up to 150 mm in length. P2 with 18-21 segments. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413272
Taxonomic
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2009-08-26 07:04:05Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Amphimetra molleri (AH Clark, 1908). 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=413272 on 2013-05-24
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