Species Neometra gorgonia A.H. Clark, 1914

Museums

Regional Maps

• Neometra gorgonia Alexander, W.B. 1914. Western Australian Echinoderms. Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 105-112 [108] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown.
• Neometra gorgonia Clark, A.H. 1914. The crinoids collected by the Endeavour between Fremantle and Geraldton (Western Australia). Records of the Western Australian Museum 1(3): 113-131 [125].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1865 (old number: 14-62), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM Z1866 3 specimens (location of 3 other paratypes unknown), between Fremantle and Geraldton, WA.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cape Hamelin to Port Hedland WA. Depth range 92-219 m.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Ecological Descriptors

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

 

General References

Clark, A.H. 1947. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 4b.— Superfamily Mariametrida (concluded—the family Colobometridae) and superfamily Tropiometrida (except the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-473 pls 1-43

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)