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Stiremetra spinicirra (Carpenter, 1888) 
AphiaID: 414175

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family) > Stiremetra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Stiremetra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa		  Antedon spinicirra Carpenter, 1888 (basionym)
 Thalassometra spinicirra (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Clark AH (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

basis of record: Améziane, N. (2009). Crinoidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [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: 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]

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]

Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen  Unknown type (from synonym): BMNH 88.11.9.14 [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: Stiremetra with cirri of 40-45 cirrals, ~17 mm long, in 10 indistinct columns; all cirrals except proximal 1-2 with high, broad, conspicuous aboral spines; few proximal cirrals slightly longer than broad. Primibrachial ossicles and proximal brachials smooth aborally, with prominent rounded median carination, straight edges, and flattened sides; axils short, much broader than long. Arms 10, ~45 mm long; brachials with moderate overlapping carinated spines. [details]

Distribution: Near Sydney, NSW, Australia; Depth range : 1,737 m [details]

Distribution: Off Broken Bay to off Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia; Depth range : 400-1,737 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414175
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-09-16 08:36:41Z  created  db_admin
2011-02-23 08:39:08Z  checked  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Stiremetra spinicirra (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=414175 on 2013-05-22
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