Stephanometra A. H. Clark 1909
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Science and Technology, Kavaratti- 682555, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. & School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi, 682506 Kerala, India.
- 2. Department of Science and Technology, Kavaratti- 682555, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India.
- 3. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi- 682 037, Kerala, India.
- 4. Nova Southeastern University, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, 8000 N Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004 USA.
- 5. School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi, 682506 Kerala, India.
Description
Type species.— Antedon monacantha Hartlaub, 1890 (a junior synonym of Stephanometra indica (Smith, 1876).
Diagnosis.— A genus of Mariametridae with centrodorsal convex discoidal with gently sloping sides; cirrus sockets encroaching on aboral pole; brachitaxes well-separated; brachitaxis ossicles bearing rounded adambulacral processes oriented parallel or oblique to longitudinal axis of ossicle and producing characteristically scalloped or knobbed lateral margins; cirrals <40; distal cirral aboral ornamentation ranging from slight carination to prominent spine; one or more pairs of oral pinnules with reduced ambulacral groove, flattened articular facets, reduced tissue between pinnulars, conical tip, and with LW of middle pinnulars 1.5–4.0; P2 of 8 to 18 pinnulars; up to 40 arms (usually 30 or fewer) (modified from Rankin & Messing, 2008).
Remarks.— Rankin & Messing (2008) reduced the six species recognized by A.H. Clark (1941) and A.M.
Clark & Rowe (1971) to two species: S. tenuipinna (Hartlaub, 1890) and S. indica.
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- Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.9 (DOI)
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- A. H. Clark
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Echinodermata
- Order
- Comatulida
- Family
- Mariametridae
- Genus
- Stephanometra
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stephanometra Clark, 1909 sec. Mohammednowshad, Idreesbabu, Parameswaran, Messing & Sureshkumar, 2020
References
- Clark, A. H. (1909 d) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 22, 1 - 22.
- Hartlaub, C. (1890) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Koniglichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universitat zu Gottingen, 5, 168 - 187. [https: // gdz. sub. uni-goettingen. de / id / PPN 252457072 _ 1890? tify = % 7 B % 22 view % 22: % 22 info % 22, % 22 pages % 22: % 5 B 176 % 5 D % 7 D]
- Smith, E. A. (1876) Diagnoses of new species of Echinodermata from the Island of Rodriguez. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 4, 17 (101), 404 - 406. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222937608681977
- Rankin, D. L. & Messing, C. G. (2008) A revision of the comatulid genus Stephanometra A. H. Clark with a rediagnosis of the genus Lamprometra A. H. Clark (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa, 1888 (1), 1 - 35. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1888.1.1
- Clark, A. H. (1941) A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The Comatulids. Part 4 a. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 82, 1 - 603, pls. 1 - 61. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.82.4 a
- Clark, A. M. & Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of Shallow Water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 238 pp.