WoRMS taxon details
original description
Hartlaub, C. (1890). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5:168–187., available online at https://archive.org/details/nachrichtenvonde1890akaduoft/page/n179/mode/2up [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (82): 1-860. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Antedon with arms to ~50 mm long. Cirri to 40, of 16-18 cirrals; length to ~25% arm length; longer proximal cirrals with L/W ratio 2.0-2.5; distal cirrals distinctly
longer than wide and only slightly wider than proximal cirrals. P1 with 20-25 segments, at least twice as long as P2; P2 and P3 similar.
to P3 ; there are often calcareous patches in the perisome between the division series. [details]
Distribution West Africa, from Sierra Leone to Gabon. Depth range: shore line to 120 m. [details]
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