WoRMS taxon details
Thaumatometra alternata (Carpenter, 1888)
AphiaID: 414160
AphiaID: 414160
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Bathymetrinae (Subfamily) > Thaumatometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Thaumatometra AH Clark, 1908 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Antedon alternata Carpenter, 1888 (basionym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860. [details] additional source: Améziane, N. (2009). Crinoidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] new combination reference: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] 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] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Thaumatometra with cirri ~30, 7-8 mm long, of 12-16+ cirrals; longest cirrals with L/W ratio ~4 (median width); antepenultimate L/W ratio ~1.33; penultimate hardly, if at all, longer than broad. P1 of ~20 segments, with first 2-3 not longer than broad and following segments becoming very elongate with expanded and spiny joints. P2 probably shorter and may bear a gonad. Arms ~25 mm long. [details] Distribution: Near Kermadec Islands and NE of New Zealand. Depth range: 1,152-1,279 m. [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414160 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Thaumatometra alternata (Carpenter, 1888). 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=414160 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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