WoRMS taxon details
Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus Messing, 2008
472848 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:472848)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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, available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/07-39.1 [details]
Holotype USNM 1107455
Holotype USNM 1107455 [details]
Distribution Pioneer Seamount, off California; Depth range : 1,768 mm
Distribution Pioneer Seamount, off California; Depth range : 1,768 mm [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2026). World List of Crinoidea. Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus Messing, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=472848 on 2026-02-11
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Nomenclature
original description
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, available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/07-39.1 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 1107455 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Pentametrocrinus with first pinnule on brachial 2. Maximum centrodorsal diameter 5.2 mm. Cirri 41, with 12–15 cirrals, to 27 mm long; longest cirral LW ratio 5; tip curved. Synarthrial tubercles present. Proximal brachials with 1-2 spines. Disk plated; some plates with tubercle (Messing, 2008). [details]Distribution Pioneer Seamount, off California; Depth range : 1,768 mm [details]
