WoRMS taxon details
Asterometra mirifica AH Clark, 1909
AphiaID: 492897
AphiaID: 492897
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Asterometridae (Family) > Asterometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Asterometra AH Clark, 1907 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1909) New recent Indian crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22:143-152. [details] basis of record: Messing CG, Améziane N, Eleaume M (2000) Echinodermata Crinoidea: Comatulid Crinoids of the KARUBAR Expedition to Indonesia. The families Comasteridae, Asterometridae, Calometridae and Thalassometridae. In A. Crosnier, ed., Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 184:627-702, 41 fig. Paris. [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: Yulin L (1984) On the family Asterometridae (Crinoidea) of China, with a description of Sinometra acuticirra gen. et sp. nov. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 2(1):109-117. [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Unknown type: BM [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: A species of Asterometridae with high thin convex midaboral crest on brachitaxes and first two brachials; proximal arms appear scalloped in profile; arms 10-15, 80-100 mm long; cirri 9-14, of 78-108 segments, 80-100 mm long, about as long as arms. [details] Distribution: Kepualan Kai (Kei Islands) to Bali, Indonesia; Timor Sea Depth range : 73-183 m [details] Distribution: Sahul Bank, WA, to off Melville I., NT, Australia Depth range : 73-183 m [details] Distribution: S of Hainan I., China (17°30'N, 110°E) Depth range : 148 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492897 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Asterometra mirifica AH Clark, 1909. 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=492897 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||
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