original description
(of Antedon pulchella Pourtalès, 1878) Pourtalès LF de (1878) Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake." Corals and crinoids. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard, 5:213-216, pl. 2. [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1921). Report on the crinoids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>Univ. Iowa Studies in Nat. Hist.</em> 9(5):1-28., available online at https://archive.org/stream/universityofiowa09univ#page/n457/mode/2up [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Neocomatella with stout cirri of 15-21 segments; longest proximal cirrus segments ~2x longer than wide; distal margins of brachials smooth or weakly spinose. [details]
Distribution Tropical western Atlantic (range distinction between N. alata and N. pulchella not differentiated); Depth range : 10-567 m (?695 m) [details]