WoRMS taxon details
Caryometra tenuipes (AH Clark, 1908)
422438 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422438)
accepted
Species
Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908 · unaccepted (basionym)
Antedon arcana Hartlaub, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908) Clark, A. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of crinoids, chiefly from the collections made by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" at the Hawaiian Islands in 1902; with Remarks on the classification of the Comatulida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34(1608): 209-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.34-1608.209 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2026). World List of Crinoidea. Caryometra tenuipes (AH Clark, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422438 on 2026-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908) Clark, A. H. (1908). Descriptions of new species of crinoids, chiefly from the collections made by the U.S. Fisheries steamer "Albatross" at the Hawaiian Islands in 1902; with Remarks on the classification of the Comatulida. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 34(1608): 209-239., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.34-1608.209 [details]
original description (of Antedon arcana Hartlaub, 1912) Hartlaub C (1912) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–1878), in the Caribbean Sea (1878–1879), and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States (1880) by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”. XLV. Die Comatuliden. Memoira of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 27(4):277–491, pl. 1–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25503# [details]
original description (of Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934) Clark, A. H. (1934). Two new crinoids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(4):1–5, pl. 1 & 2. [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]
original description (of Antedon arcana Hartlaub, 1912) Hartlaub C (1912) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–1878), in the Caribbean Sea (1878–1879), and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States (1880) by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”. XLV. Die Comatuliden. Memoira of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 27(4):277–491, pl. 1–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25503# [details]
original description (of Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934) Clark, A. H. (1934). Two new crinoids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 91(4):1–5, pl. 1 & 2. [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1936). Five new genera and two new species of unstalked Crinoids. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 83:245–250., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.83-2982.245 [details]
Other
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Caryometra with centrodorsal sharply conical, up to 1.5 times taller than wide at the base. Cirri in 15 columns around centrodorsal base, long, slender, with 30-35 cirrals; longest cirral with L/W ratio ~3; distal cirrals with LW ratio ~1. Arms ~40-50 mm long. P1 5-7 mm long, with ~20 segments; P2 of similar length or longer but stouter and stiffer with 10-15 segments. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Antedon arcana Hartlaub, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22677) (from synonym Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Antedon arcana Hartlaub, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (4 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Psathyrometra acuta A. H. Clark, 1934)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 22677) (from synonym Adelometra tenuipes AH Clark, 1908)
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