WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Craspedometra madagascarensis AH Clark, 1911) Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H. (1941). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4a). <em>Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus.</em> 82:1-603, 61 pls. [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1918). The unstalked crinoids of the Siboga Expedition. <em>Siboga Exped.</em> 42b: 1-300, 28 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11716783 [details]
From editor or global species database
description Heterometra with enlarged proximal pinnules smooth; basal segments carinate. P2 12 mm long, of 27 segments, similar to but slightly smaller and shorter than P3. Cirri 25-30 mm long, of 34-36 segments; longest cirrals somewhat longer than broad; distal cirrals broader than long with small but prominent aboral spine. Arms 16 arms, 130 mm long; brachials distinctly wedge-shaped. [details]Unverified
Remark According to Marshall & Rowe (1981) the preliminary identification of the Malagasy specimens placed them in three different species (H. africana, H. delagoa and H. madagascarensis), but are provisionally allocated to the specie madagascarensis because of locality. Species found in East Africa need revision when sufficient material available. [details]
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