Species Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alecto tessellata Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [184] [Clark, A.H. 1941. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4a.— Superfamily Mariametrida (except the family Colobometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1–603 pls 1–61 (371) comments that the 'type specimen of Alecto tessellata was presented to the Bamberg Museum by Johann Lucas Schonlëin...' and that it has not been re-examined since first described].

  Type data:

   Holotype (?Bamberg Museum, Clarke (1941: 371) comments that the 'type specimen of Alecto tessellata was presented to the Bamberg Museum by Johann Lucas Schonlëin...' and that it has not been re-examined since first described), India.

  Secondary source:

   Clark, A.H. 1941. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4a.— Superfamily Mariametrida (except the family Colobometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-603 pls 1-61.
• Amphimetra discoidea Clark, A.H. 1911. Crinoidea. pp. 435-467 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 3(13). [459].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH (depository uncertain), ?vicinity of Perth, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, A.H. 1941. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4a.— Superfamily Mariametrida (except the family Colobometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-603 pls 1-61 [360]

 

Generic Combinations

• Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, WA to Swain Reefs, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-109 (?183) m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1941. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4a.— Superfamily Mariametrida (except the family Colobometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-603 pls 1-61 (as Alecto tessellata tessellata)

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Amphimetra tessellata discoidea, Alecto tessellata tessellata)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)