WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Antedon bengalensis Hartlaub, 1890) Hartlaub, C. (1890). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universität zu Göttingen.</em> 5:168–187., available online at https://archive.org/details/nachrichtenvonde1890akaduoft/page/n179/mode/2up [details]
original description
(of Himerometra bengalensis (Hartlaub, 1890)) Clark, A. H. (1908). Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue.</em> 52(2):199-234. [details]
original description
(of Heterometra aspera AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. <em>Vidensk. Medd, Dansk Naturhist. Foren.</em> 61:115-195. [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]
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]
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Depth range Shoreline to 44 m. [details]
description Heterometra with P2and P3 similar, 9 mm long with 24 segments, or P3 is somewhat smaller than P2. Cirri 13-22 mm long, with 22-31 (usually <30) segments; longest cirrals somewhat longer than broad. No IIIBr series; arms 11-18, 50-100 mm long; proximal brachials with distal ends produced and everted; middle and distal brachials exceedingly short, discoidal. [details]
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