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]
basis of record: Rankin LR and CG Messing. (2008). A revision of the comatulid genus Stephanometra AH Clark with a rediagnosis of the genus Lamprometra AH Clark (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa 1888: 1–35. [details]
Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Stephanometra indica protectus (Carpenter, 1879). 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=450603 on 2013-05-18