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Thalassometra agassizii (Hartlaub, 1895) 
AphiaID: 711283

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) > Thalassometridae (Family) > Thalassometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Thalassometra AH Clark, 1907
Synonymised
taxa		  Antedon agassizii Hartlaub, 1895 (basionym)
 Thalassometra agassizi (Hartlaub, 1895) (alternative spelling)
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]

from synonym: Hartlaub C. (1895). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America, to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, carried on byt the steamer Albatross, during 1891. XVIII. Die Comatuliden. Bul [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]

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

Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Thalassometra with cirri ~40 mm long, 60+ cirrals, in 10 columns; each radial pair of columns with an additional cirrus between them near the centrodorsal rim. Brachitaxis ossicles and proximal brachials bordered proximally and distally with coarse blunt spines, with occasionally a few aborally. Arms 10-12, ~175 mm long. [details]

Distribution: Galapagos Islands to Panamá; Depth range : 598-1,429 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711283
Taxonomic
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2012-11-26 11:43:12Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Thalassometra agassizii (Hartlaub, 1895). 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=711283 on 2013-05-23
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