Species Dichrometra articulata (Müller, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Comatula (Alecto) articulata Müller, J. 1849. Über die Gattung Comatula Lam. und ihre Arten. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1847: 236-265 [263] [Müller attributed authorship to Valenciennes on the basis of a manuscript name (Comatula articulata) found with the specimen].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, 'the Moluccas' (exact locality unknown), Indo-Malay Archipelago.

 

Generic Combinations

• Liparometra articulata (Müller, 1849).
• Dichrometra articulata (Müller, 1849).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island and Bushy Island, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-69 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

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

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

 

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)