Species Stephanometra indica (Smith, 1876)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Comatula indica Smith, E.A. 1876. Diagnoses of new species of Mollusca and Echinodermata from the Island of Rogriguez. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17(55): 404-406 [406].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1876.5.5.24 (depository uncertain), Is. of Rodriguez, Indian Ocean.
• Antedon spicata Carpenter, P.H. 1881. The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 3: 173-217 [190].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH, Banda Sea, Indonesia.
• Antedon monacantha Hartlaub, C. 1890. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Comatuliden-Fauna des Indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 5: 168-187 [179].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMG, Torres Strait and Mortlock Is., QLD and Caroline Ils; ZMH R317, Mortlock Is., Qld.
• Antedon oxyacantha Hartlaub, C. 1890. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Comatuliden-Fauna des Indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 5: 168-187 [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMG, Amboina, Indonesia.
• Antedon spinipinna Hartlaub, C. 1890. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Comatuliden-Fauna des Indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen 5: 168-187 [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMG, Amboina, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (confirms and extends synonymy suggested by 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 [24])
• Rankin, D.L. & Messing, C.G. 2008. A revision of the comatulid genus Stephanometra A.H. Clark with a rediagnosis of the genus Lamprometra A.H. Clark (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa 1888: 1-35

 

Generic Combinations

• Stephanometra indica (Smith, 1876).
• Stephanometra oxyacantha (Hartlaub, 1890).
• Stephanometra spinipinna (Hartlaub, 1890).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Ningaloo, North West Shelf, Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef, WA to the Solitary Islands, NSW; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-245 m

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

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 (as Stephanometra indica indica, Stephanometra indica protectus)

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.

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Stephanometra monacantha (Hartlaub, 1890))

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)