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(of Comatula brevipinna Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès L.F. De. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 1(6): 103-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Yucatan Bank, Florida Keys, northern Cuba, southern Bahamas east/southward along the Antillean chain to Barbados and Grenada;...

Distribution Yucatan Bank, Florida Keys, northern Cuba, southern Bahamas east/southward along the Antillean chain to Barbados and Grenada; St. Helena; Depth range : 139-707 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Crinometra brevipinna (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422676 on 2025-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

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Nomenclature

original description (of Comatula brevipinna Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès L.F. De. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. 1(6): 103-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587490 [details]

original description (of Antedon granulifera Pourtalès, 1878) Pourtalès, L. F.; De. (1878). Corals. In: Report on the Dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., commanding. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 5(9): 197-212, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30295850 [details]

original description (of Antedon pourtalèsi Carpenter, 1888) Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology. 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]

original description (of Charitometra imbricata AH Clark, 1908) Clark, A. H. (1908). Some cases of abnormal arm structure in Recent crinoids. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 34(1612):265-270. [details]

original description (of Crinometra pulchra AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species of crinoids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36: 633– 651. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Crinometra margaritacea AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species of crinoids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36: 633– 651. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Crinometra concinna AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species of crinoids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36: 633– 651. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Crinometra insculpta AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species of crinoids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36: 633– 651. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Crinometra gemmata AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Descriptions of seventeen new species of crinoids. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36: 633– 651. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna decora 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna gracilis 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna elegans 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna tuberosa 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna diadema 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna laevis 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna spinosa 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna coronata 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna ornata 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. [details]

original description (of Antedon brevipinna granulosa 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. [details]

original description (of Crinometra mortenseni AH Clark, 1921) Clark, A. H. (1921). A monographs of the existing crinoides. The comatulids Pt. 2. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 82(1): 1-795,57plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1051093 [details]

original description (of Crinometra brevipinna pulchella AH Clark, 1950) Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

original description (of Crinometra transversa Gislén, 1933) Gislen T (1933) A small collection of crinoids from St. Helena. Videnskabelige Meddelelser frå Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København 93:475-485, pl. 22 [details]

original description (of Crinometra brevipinna angusta AH Clark, 1950) Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

basis of record Meyer DL, Messing CG, Macurda DB (1978) Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bull. Marine Sci. 28:412-441 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Clark, A. H. (1909). On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Vidensk. Medd, Dansk Naturhist. Foren. 61:115-195. [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]

additional source Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type MCZ 267 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Same as genus. [details]

Distribution Yucatan Bank, Florida Keys, northern Cuba, southern Bahamas east/southward along the Antillean chain to Barbados and Grenada; St. Helena; Depth range : 139-707 m [details]

Definitions