WoRMS taxon details
Charitometridae AH Clark, 1909
AphiaID: 196172
AphiaID: 196172
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Tropiometroidea (Superfamily) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Tropiometroidea | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Charitometrinae AH Clark, 1909 (rank change) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark AH (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details] additional source: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] source of synonymy: Clark AH (1911) The recent crinoids of Australia. Mem. Australian Museum 4:705-804. [details] original description (from synonym): Clark AH (1909) A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 22:1-22. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Charitometra AH Clark, 1907 Genus Chlorometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Chondrometra AH Clark, 1916 Genus Crinometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Glyptometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Monachometra AH Clark, 1916 Genus Poecilometra AH Clark, 1907 Genus Strotometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Calyptometra (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Glyptometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Crossometra (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Glyptometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Diodontometra Gislén, 1922 accepted as Chlorometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Pachylometra (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Glyptometra AH Clark, 1909 Genus Perissometra (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Glyptometra AH Clark, 1909 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: A family of Tropiometracea with conspicuous side and covering plates; P1 and P2 similar, more slender and flexible than following pinnules and composed of a large number of short segments; cirri short, stout, and strongly curved, of usually fewer than 25 cirrals; distal cirrals little, if at all, shorter than proximal cirrals; aboral processes absent or present as low keels or tubercles; transition segment lacking. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196172 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Charitometridae AH Clark, 1909. In: Messing, C. (2013) World List of Crinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196172 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||
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