Species Himerometra persica A.H. Clark, 1908

Museums

Regional Maps

• Himerometra persica Clark, A.H. 1908. Notice of some crinoids in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 51(8): 233-248 pls 1-2 [243].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 291, Persian Gulf.
• Himerometra persica Clark, A.H. 1907. New genera of recent free crinoids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 50(3, 1778): 343-364 [356] [nomen nudum].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

South Island, Lizard Island Group, QLD; Persian Gulf. Depth range 0-12 m. Probably a juvenile Himerometra robustipinna according to Messing (pers. comm.)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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 [213] (notes extremely close relationship with the larger Himerometra bartschi A.H. Clark, 1908 from the East Indies and Philippines)

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.

 

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)