WoRMS taxon details
Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)
AphiaID: 413276
AphiaID: 413276
| 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 |
Alecto tessellata Müller, 1841 (basionym) Amphimetra discoidea AH Clark, 1911 (synonym) Amphimetra formosa AH Clark, 1909 (synonym) Amphimetra milberti (Müller, 1846) (synonym) Amphimetra papuensis AH Clark, 1913 (synonym) Amphimetra tessellata discoidea (AH Clark, 1909) (synonym) Amphimetra tessellata papuensis (AH Clark, 1913) (synonym) Amphimetra tessellata tessellata (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Antedon jacquinoti (Müller, 1846) (synonym) Antedon milberti (Müller, 1846) (synonym) Antedon tessellata (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Comatula (Alecto) milberti Müller, 1846 (synonym) Comatula jacquinoti Müller, 1846 (synonym) Comatula tessellata (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Himerometra discoidea AH Clark, 1908 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: 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] source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1941) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4a). Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. 82:1-603, 61 pls. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Müller J (1841) Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841:179-189 (also Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148). [details] [view taxon] 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] original description (from synonym): Müller J (1849) Über die Gattung Comatula Lam. und ihre Arten. K. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Abh. (1847):237-265, fig. 1-3. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Verrill, A. E. 1866. On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 10, 333., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37035#page/340/mode/1up [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Carpenter PH (1879) On the Genus Actinometra, Müll., with a morphological account of a new species (A.) polymorpha, from the Philippine Islands.--Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London (2. Zool.)2(1): 1-122, 8 pls. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Carpenter PH (1888) Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 26, x + 402, 70 pls. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Clark AH (1908) Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue. 52(2):199-234. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1909). Five new species of recent unstalked crinoids. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum 37:29-34. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Clark AH (1909) On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Vidensk. Medd, Dansk Naturhist. Foren. 61:115-195. [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Clark AH (1913) Notes on the recent crinoids in the British Museum. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 61(15):1-89. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Amphimetra tessellata discoidea (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841) Subspecies Amphimetra tessellata papuensis (AH Clark, 1913) accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841) Subspecies Amphimetra tessellata tessellata (Müller, 1841) accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Bay of Nha Trang [details] China [details] East Indies [details] Fijian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Fremantle [details] Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Australia [details] Philippines Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Queensland [details] South Japan [details] South Pacific [details] Swain Reefs [details] Taiwanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tonga [details] | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: 179-189 [184] [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| Notes |
Depth range: From shoreline to 109 m. [details] Depth range: 0-109 m. [details] description: Amphimetra with large stout cirri more or less straight proximally, curved distally, 30-50 mm long, of 34-51 segments; longest proximal cirrals as long as broad to ~2x broader than long; proximal cirrals sometimes with a broad transverse ridge or paired spines; distal cirrals with aboral spine or pointed tubercle. Arms usually 10 (rarely 11-12 with IIBr2); 110-300 mm long; IBr2 series with prominent conical synarthrial tubercle. Specimens identified as A. t. papuensis with slightly developed synarthrial tubercles are smaller and most likely immature. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:413276 | |||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841). 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=413276 on 2013-06-18 | ||||||||
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