Species Neometra multicolor (A.H. Clark, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antedon multicolor Clark, A.H. 1907. Descriptions of new species of Recent unstalked crinoids from the coasts of Northeastern Asia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33(1561): 127-156 [128, 130].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 22619, Eastern Sea (32º33´N 128º32´6˜E), south west of the Goto Ils, Japan.

 

Generic Combinations

• Neometra multicolor (A.H. Clark, 1907).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Shark Bay, WA to Moreton Bay, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 20-600 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, 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

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)