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Cosmiometra crassicirra (AH Clark, 1908) 
AphiaID: 562045

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family) > Cosmiometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cosmiometra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa		  Thalassometra crassicirra AH Clark, 1908 (basionym)
Sources  basis of record: Clark AH (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

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

from synonym: Clark, A.H. 1908. Descriptions of new species of crinoids, chiefly from the collections made by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" at the Hawaiian Islands in 1902; with Remarks on the classification of the Comatulida.-Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1608): 209-239. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Specimen  Holotype (from synonym): USNM 22689 [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Notes  Diagnosis: Cosmiometra with centrodorsal short columnar or almost discoidal; cirrus sockets arranged irregularly in 1-3 columns per radial area. Cirri moderately slender, , about one-third of arm length, 45 mm long, with 50-54 segments. Arms 20, 130 mm long; Brachitaxes ossicles and brachials 1-2 smooth aborally. [details]

Distribution: Pailolo Channel, between Maui and Molokai, Hawaiian Islands; Depth range : 249 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:562045
Taxonomic
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2011-02-23 08:39:08Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Cosmiometra crassicirra (AH Clark, 1908). 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=562045 on 2013-05-22
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