WoRMS taxon details
Fariometra sokotrae (John, 1937)
AphiaID: 713900
AphiaID: 713900
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Bathymetrinae (Subfamily) > Fariometra (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Fariometra AH Clark, 1917 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Thaumatometra sokotrae John, 1937 (basionym) | |||||||
| Sources |
new combination reference: Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860. [details] original description (from synonym): John DD (1937) Three new crinoids from the Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)20:161-173. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Fariometra with centrodorsal conical, almost as high as wide at the base. Cirri ~60, of 21-36 cirrals; longest cirrals with L/W ratio ~4; distalmost cirrals still slightly longer than wide. Primibrachial series more or less straight sided; first primibrachial not narrowed distally. [details] Distribution: NW of Sokotra, Arabian Sea. Depth: 2,194 m. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:713900 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Fariometra sokotrae (John, 1937). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=713900 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||
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