WoRMS name details
Tropiometra encrinus AH Clark, 1911
213333 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213333)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Note 'Eastern Africa'. Holotype in Museum für...
A.H. Clark (1911) is not absolutely certain that the Red Sea specimens of Tropiometra should be referred to this species. [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality 'Eastern Africa'. Holotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 5336 (Gislén, 1938).A.H. Clark (1911) is not absolutely certain that the Red Sea specimens of Tropiometra should be referred to this species. [details]
Distribution Ranges eastward to the South Sea Islands and the east coast of Asia; common in Ceylon (Clark, 1911).
Distribution Ranges eastward to the South Sea Islands and the east coast of Asia; common in Ceylon (Clark, 1911). [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2026). World List of Crinoidea. Tropiometra encrinus AH Clark, 1911. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213333 on 2026-08-27
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, A. H. (1947) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4b). <i>Bulletin of the United States National Museum</i> 82:1-473, 43 pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Ranges eastward to the South Sea Islands and the east coast of Asia; common in Ceylon (Clark, 1911). [details]Type locality 'Eastern Africa'. Holotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 5336 (Gislén, 1938).
A.H. Clark (1911) is not absolutely certain that the Red Sea specimens of Tropiometra should be referred to this species. [details]
