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Monachometra flexilis (Carpenter, 1888) 
AphiaID: 508952

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Charitometridae (Family) > Monachometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Monachometra AH Clark, 1916
Synonymised
taxa
  Antedon flexilis Carpenter, 1888 (basionym)
Charitometra flexilis (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Pachylometra flexilis (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Perissometra flexilis (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Sources  source of synonymy: Clark AH (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

original description (from synonym): Carpenter PH (1888) Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 26, x + 402, 70 pls. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1916) Six new genera of unstalked crinoids belonging to the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae. Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal 6 (17):605-608. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Specimen  Unknown type: BMNH Challenger sta. 192 [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: A species of Monachometra with centrodorsal columnar or slightly tapering; cirrus sockets in 10 columns; midradial lines bare; cirri of 20-25 segments; arms 10-13; proximal brachials with unmodified distal edges. [details]

Distribution: Indonesia/Papua New Guinea (5°49'15"S, 132°14'15"E- near the Kei Islands); Depth range : 256 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508952
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2010-08-20 05:38:34Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Monachometra flexilis (Carpenter, 1888). 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=508952 on 2013-06-20
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