Species Monachometra patula (Carpenter, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antedon patula Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [219, pl. 43].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.11.9.67 more than 1 specimen, near the Kei Ils (5º49´15˜S 132º14´15˜E), Indo-Malay Archipelago.

 

Generic Combinations

• Monachometra patula (Carpenter, 1888).

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia only from Sahul Bank; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 104-385 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NW oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1950. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4c.— Superfamily Tropiometrida (the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-383 pls 1-32

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Perissometra patula (Carpenter, 1888))

 

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)