original description
(of ) Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. <em>Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology.</em> 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [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
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [details]
additional source
Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]
source of synonymy
Gislén T (1928) Notes on some crinoids in the British Natural History Museum. K. Svenska Vetenskapsakad., Arkiv f. Zoologi 19A (32):1-15. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis A species of Monachometra with centrodorsal low, thick discoidal; cirrus sockets in 15 closely crowded and somewhat irregular columns; cirri to 70 mm long with up to 31 segments; arms 12-17; proximal brachials smooth, without raised distal edges;. [details]
Distribution Northern Celebes southward to the Kei Islands, the Sahul Bank, and Timor; Depth range : 256-520 m [details]
Distribution Sahul Bank, WA to Melville I., NT, Australia; Depth range : 165-520 m [details]