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Thaumatometra parva AH Clark, 1908 
AphiaID: 714046

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Bathymetrinae (Subfamily) > Thaumatometra (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Thaumatometra AH Clark, 1908
Synonymised
taxa		  Thaumatometra comaster Gislén, 1922 (not of AH Clark, 1908) (synonym)
 Thaumatometra cypris AH Clark, 1913 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1908) Description of new species of crinoids, chiefly from the collections made by U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" at the Hawaiian Islands in 1902; with remarks on the classification of the Comatulida. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 34:209-239. [details]

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]

from synonym: Clark AH (1913) Notes on the recent crinoids in the British Museum. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 61(15):1-89. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Gislén T (1922) The crinoids from Dr. S. Bock's expedition to Japan 1914. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (4)5(6):1-183, text-fig. 1-162, pl. 1, 2. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Thaumatometra with cirri 30-40, of 9-15 cirrals; longest cirrals with L/W ratio 3-4 (median width) with arms ~30 mm long, and relatively longer in smaller specimens; antepenultimate L/W ratio <2. P1 with 15 or more segments, 5-7 mm long; P2 shorter but stouter, with gonad. Cirri ~9 mm long when arms are 30 mm, but may be relatively shorter. [details]

Distribution: Sagami Bay, Japan. Depth range: (?219) 274-1,417 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714046
Taxonomic
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2012-12-24 18:45:56Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Thaumatometra parva AH Clark, 1908. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714046 on 2013-05-26
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