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Decametra tigrina (AH Clark, 1907) 
AphiaID: 562063

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Mariametroidea (Superfamily) > Colobometridae (Family) > Decametra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Decametra AH Clark, 1911
Synonymised
taxa		  Antedon tigrina AH Clark, 1907 (basionym)
 Cyllometra tigrina (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
 Prometra perplexa Gislén, 1927 (synonym)
Sources  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]

source of synonymy: Clark AH (1912) The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum, Part VII. Indian Museum, Calcutta. iv + 325 pp. [details]

from synonym: Clark AH (1907) Description of new species of recent unstalked crinoids from the coast of northeastern Asia. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum 33:127-156. [details] [view taxon]

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]

from synonym: Gislén T (1927) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914–16. 37. Japanese crinoids. Videnskabelige Meddelelser frå Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København 83:1–69, fig. 1–80, pl. 1–2. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  Diagnosis: Decametra having cirri 10-13.5 mm long, of 18-26 segments; seventh or eighth and following about as long as broad; terminal cirral sometimes broader than long; aboral paired tubercles on distal cirrals often indistinct or more or less fused; P2 markedly longer than P1 or P3, of 12-20 segments; distal pinnulars of P2 not more than twice as long as broad with somewhat overlapping and spinous distal ends; proximal pinnules stiffened; arms 40-80 mm long. [details]

Distribution: Southern Japan from the Goto Islands E to Sagami Bay.; Depth range : Shallow water to 137 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:562063
Taxonomic
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2011-02-23 08:39:08Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Decametra tigrina (AH Clark, 1907). 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=562063 on 2013-05-25
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