WoRMS taxon details
Asterometra cristata AH Clark, 1911
AphiaID: 492899
AphiaID: 492899
| 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 (1911) On a collection of unstalked crinoids made by the United States Fisheries Steamer “Albatross” in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1798): 529-563. [details] basis of record: Kogo I (1998) Crinoids from Japan and its adjacent waters. Special Publications from Osaka Museum of Natural History 30:1-148. [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: USNM 27496 [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: A species of Asterometridae with high thin straight-edged midaboral crest on brachitaxes and first two brachials; arms 10-12, 90-110 mm long, more slender than in other species; proximal brachials with proximal edge sometimes thickened, producing a rough, slightly serrate profile; cirri 20, of 77-107 segments, 55-80 mm long, about 75% of arm length. [details] Distribution: Cape Padaran, Vietnam, and Philippines Depth range : 80 (?72) to 146 m [details] Distribution: Kurose, N of Hachijojima I., Izu Is., Japan Depth range : 150-190 m [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492899 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Asterometra cristata AH Clark, 1911. 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=492899 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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