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Pentametrocrinus japonicus (Carpenter, 1882) 
AphiaID: 711322

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Pentametrocrinidae (Family) > Pentametrocrinus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pentametrocrinus AH Clark, 1908
Synonymised
taxa		  Eudiocrinus japonicus Carpenter, 1882 (basionym)
Sources  basis of record: Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860. [details]

additional source: Messing, C.G. (2008). A new species of five-armed feather star, Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus n. sp., from the eastern Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 121(2): 269-275 [details]

additional source: Kogo I (1998) Crinoids from Japan and its adjacent waters. Special Publications from Osaka Museum of Natural History 30:1-148. [details]

source of synonymy: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details]

original description (from synonym): Carpenter PH (1882) Description of new or little known Comatulae. I. On the species of Atelecrinus and Eudiocrinus. II. The Comatulae of the Hamburg Museum. Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology) 16:487–526. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Pentametrocrinus with first pinnule on brachial 5. Maximum centrodorsal diameter 4.6 mm. Cirri 30–63, with 20–35 cirrals, to 54 mm long; longest cirral LW ratio greater or equal to 4; tip a tapered point. Synarthrial tubercles present. Rays unornamented. Disk naked (Messing, 2008). [details]

Distribution: From the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, N to Tokyo Bay, Japan; Depth range : 254-1,210 m [details]

Distribution: Kumanonada, SE of Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan; Depth range : 1,120-1,160 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:711322
Taxonomic
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2012-11-27 06:42:08Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Pentametrocrinus japonicus (Carpenter, 1882). 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=711322 on 2013-06-19
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