WoRMS taxon details

Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841)

213562  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213562)

accepted
Species
Antedon savignii (Müller, 1841) · unaccepted (synonym)
Antedon savignyi (Müller, 1841) · unaccepted (alternative spelling)
Comatula multiradiata Audouin, 1817 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comatula savignyi (Müller, 1841) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto savignii Müller, 1841) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]   
Type locality contained in Red Sea  
type locality contained in Red Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Depth range Shoreline to 18 m.  
Depth range Shoreline to 18 m. [details]

description Heterometra with very long, slender and perfectly smooth proximal pinnules without carinate processes on earlier segments....  
description Heterometra with very long, slender and perfectly smooth proximal pinnules without carinate processes on earlier segments. Arms usually 20 arms, up to 150 mm long, with wedge-shaped brachials. Cirri of usually 25-30 segments; distal cirrals with long, prominent aboral spine. [details]

Description Littoral and down to 12 fathoms in Clark (1911).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf ( (Clark & Rowe (1971)).  
Description Littoral and down to 12 fathoms in Clark (1911).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf ( (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2024). World List of Crinoidea. Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213562 on 2024-04-18
Date
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1997-03-25 17:58:32Z
created
2000-09-19 07:15:44Z
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Garcia, Maria
2011-02-23 08:39:08Z
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2011-02-23 10:48:32Z
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original description  (of Alecto savignii Müller, 1841) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]   

original description  (of Comatula multiradiata Audouin, 1817) Audouin, V. (1809). Explication sommaire des planches d'Échinoderms de l'Égypte et de la Syrie, publiées par J. C. Savigny, membre de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces, par Victor Audouin. Pp. 203-212. in J. C. de Savigny, Description de l'Égypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française, publié par les ordres de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand. Histoire naturelle, Tome premier, Quatrième Partie: Explication sommaire des planches dont les dessins ont été fournis par M. J. Savigny, pour l'histoire naturelle de l'ouvrage. L'Imprimerie Impériale, Paris. , available online at http://descegy.bibalex.org/ [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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. (1909). A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 22:1-22. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Depth range Shoreline to 18 m. [details]

description Heterometra with very long, slender and perfectly smooth proximal pinnules without carinate processes on earlier segments. Arms usually 20 arms, up to 150 mm long, with wedge-shaped brachials. Cirri of usually 25-30 segments; distal cirrals with long, prominent aboral spine. [details]

From other sources
Description Littoral and down to 12 fathoms in Clark (1911).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf ( (Clark & Rowe (1971)). [details]

Spelling H. savignyi in Fishelson (1971) and Tortonese (1977).
According to Clark & Rowe (1971), the limits between africana and savignii need re-examination. [details]