Species Petasometra clarae (Hartlaub, 1890)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antedon clarae Hartlaub, C. 1890. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Comatuliden-Fauna des Indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 5: 168-187 [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMG, Amboina, Indonesia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Petasometra clarae (Hartlaub, 1890).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ashmore Reef, WA, Timor Sea, and Lizard Island to Britomart Reef, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-40 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, 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

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.

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

 

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)