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Leilametra AH Clark, 1932 
AphiaID: 711280

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family)
Status accepted
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Leilametra necopinata AH Clark, 1932
Parent Thalassometridae AH Clark, 1908
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1932) On some recent crinoids collected by the cableship “The Cable” off Madras, and off Lombok and Timor, Lesser Sunda Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 10) 10:378–392, pl. 13–15. [details]

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: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI (2011) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. [details]

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 Species Leilametra necopinata AH Clark, 1932
Environment marine
Note  Diagnosis: Thalassometridae with 10 arms. Proximal brachials with spinose margins; more distal brachials spinose. Cirri nearly straight, without opposing spine. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711280
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2012-11-26 11:03:47Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Leilametra AH Clark, 1932. 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=711280 on 2013-06-20
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