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Dichrometra tenuicirra AH Clark, 1912 
AphiaID: 450514

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Mariametridae (Family) > Dichrometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Dichrometra AH Clark, 1909
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1912) Preliminary descriptions of eleven new crinoids belonging to the families Himerometridae, Mariametridae, and Colobometridae, discovered by the 'Siboga' in the Dutch East Indies. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol. 10:31-41. [details]

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]

Environment marine
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Diagnosis: A species of Dichrometra similar to D. flagellata but with cirri slender, 19-28, of 25-28 segments, 20-25 mm long; longest proximal cirrals 2.0-2.5x longer than broad; shorter distal cirrals 1.5x longer than broad. P3 slightly longer than either P2 or P4, 9 mm long with 23 segments. Arms 16-26, 70-80 mm long. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450514
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2010-02-02 13:25:34Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Dichrometra tenuicirra AH Clark, 1912. 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=450514 on 2013-05-20
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