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Parametra compressa (Carpenter, 1888) 
AphiaID: 711212

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family) > Parametra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Parametra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa		  Antedon compressa Carpenter, 1888 (basionym)
 Charitometra compressa (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
 Thalassometra compressa (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
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]

additional source: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

source of synonymy: Clark AH (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [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 (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Specimen  Unknown type (from synonym): BMNH 88.11.9.69-70 [view taxon]
Notes  Diagnosis: Parametra with middle and distal brachials distinctly carinate. Cirri short, 23 mm long, of 16-20 cirrals, about one-fifth of arm length; transition cirral 8; distal cirrals broader than long with prominent carinate processes or blunt dorsal spines. Arms 15-20, 120-140 mm long. Brachitaxes ossicles and brachials 1-2 with lateral portions smooth. [details]

Distribution: Timor Sea to Kepulauan Kai and N to Halmahera, Indonesia; Depth range : 216-795 m [details]

Distribution: NW of Port Hedland, WA, Australia; Depth range : 200-204 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711212
Taxonomic
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2012-11-26 10:28:09Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Parametra compressa (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=711212 on 2013-06-18
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