WoRMS name details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Antedon protectus Lütken in Carpenter, 1879) Carpenter, P. H. (1879). On the Genus <i>Actinometra</i>, Müll., with a morphological account of a new species (A.) polymorpha, from the Philippine Islands.--Part I. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 2(2), 1-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599862 page(s): 19 [details]
basis of record
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]
new combination reference
Clark, A. H. (1909). A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 22:1-22. page(s): 13 [details]
Otheradditional source
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]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Clark (1908: 489) lists Antedon protectus as nomen nudum; in Rankin & Messing (2008) it appears [also flagged as nomen nudum] in the synonymy lists of Stephanometra indica (Smith, 1876) on p. 11 and Lamprometra palmata (Müller, 1841) on p. 25, reflecting the checkquered history of the name. [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Ranges eastward to Holg Kong, Philippines, Fiji and Tonga (Clark, 1911). [details]
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