WoRMS taxon details
Fariometra obscura (AH Clark, 1909)
AphiaID: 713906
AphiaID: 713906
| 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 |
Nepiometra obscura (AH Clark, 1909) (synonym) Trichometra obscura AH Clark, 1909 (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] from synonym: Clark AH (1909) New recent Indian crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22:143-152. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1917) A revision of the crinoid family Antedonidae, with the diagnoses of nine new genera. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science 7(5):127-131 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Large Fariometra with centrodorsal 3.5 mm across base and 3 mm tall. First primibrachials with converging lateral margins, producing conspicuous water pores between adjacent brachitaxes. Cirri and pinnules unknown. [details] Distribution: Laccadive Sea, SW of Cape Comorin, India. Depth: 786 m. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:713906 | |||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Fariometra obscura (AH Clark, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=713906 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||
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