WoRMS taxon details
Tropiometra afra (Hartlaub, 1890)
AphiaID: 414179
AphiaID: 414179
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Tropiometridae (Family) > Tropiometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tropiometra AH Clark, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Antedon afra Hartlaub, 1890 (basionym) Tropiometra afra afra (Hartlaub, 1890) (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: Clark AH (1947) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4b). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82:1-473, 43 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] source of synonymy: Clark AH 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Hartlaub C (1890) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universität zu Göttingen no. 5:168–187. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Tropiometra afra afra (Hartlaub, 1890) accepted as Tropiometra afra (Hartlaub, 1890) Subspecies Tropiometra afra macrodiscus (Hara, 1895) accepted as Tropiometra macrodiscus (Hara, 1895) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: ZMH 2287 [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Pseudanthessius madrasensis Reddiah, 1968 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: A species of Tropiometra with rays long, stout, not carinate, gently rounded aborally; brachials beyond arm base short, oblong; cirri 23-50, of 21-35 segments, 25-40 mm long; arms 190-220 mm long. [details] Distribution: Fremantle WA to Fish Rock NSW and Lord Howe I. (Tasman Sea), Australia Depth range : 0-100 (?146) m [details] Distribution: Mindoro I., Philippines, S to Bowen, QLD and W to between Fremantle and Geralton WA, Australia Depth range : 0-100 (?146) m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:414179 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Tropiometra afra (Hartlaub, 1890). 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=414179 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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