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Parametra fisheri (AH Clark, 1908) 
AphiaID: 711224

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
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Rank Species
Parent Parametra AH Clark, 1909
Synonymised
taxa
  Thalassometra fisheri 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 22686 [view taxon]
Notes  DiagnosisParametra with arms evenly rounded aborally.Cirri 20-25 mm long, with 19-26 cirrals, about one-quarter of arm length; transition cirral 5; distal cirrals about as long as broad with prominent aboral spines. Arms 13, 110 mm long. P1 basally much enlarged, tapering to a slender distal portion. [details]

Distribution: Off Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands; Depth range : 351-643 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711224
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2012-11-26 10:28:09Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Parametra fisheri (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=711224 on 2013-05-21
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