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Thalassometra multispina (Carpenter, 1888) 
AphiaID: 711301

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 multispina Carpenter, 1888 (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 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue, 50(3):343-364. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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]

Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Thalassometra with cirri of 25-30 cirrals, in 15 crowded columns. Brachitaxes ossicles and proximal brachials with numerous fine aboral spines. Arms 10-12, 50 mm long. [details]

Distribution: S Atlantic Ocean near Ascension Island; Depth range : 768 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711301
Taxonomic
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2012-11-26 11:43:12Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Thalassometra multispina (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=711301 on 2013-05-24
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