Species Himerometra robustipinna (Carpenter, 1881)
- Actinometra robustipinna Carpenter, P.H. 1881. The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 3: 173-217 [201].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH, the Moluccas, Indonesia. - Himerometra magnipinna Clark, A.H. 1908. Preliminary notice of a collection of Recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 52(2, 1820): 199-234 [214].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 25440, between Jolo and Pangasinan Island, Philippines.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Messing, C.G., Wirshing, H., Shivji, M. & Rouse, G.W. 2004. Recognition of species in extant Crinoidea. pp. 596-597 in Heinzeller, T. & Nebelsick, J.H. Echinoderms: München: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Echinoderm Conference, Munich, Germany, 6–10 October 2003. Leiden : Balkema pp 633.
Generic Combinations
- Himerometra robustipinna (Carpenter, 1881).
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Port Hedland, WA to Moreton Bay, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-57 (?66) m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE 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
History of changes
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |