WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Alecto flagellata 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 Dichrometra flagellata afra AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. <i>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections</i> 60(10):1-33. [details]
original description
(of Alecto elongata 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 Antedon pulcher Hartlaub, 1891) Hartlaub, C. (1891). Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. <em>Nova Acta der Ksl. Leop.-Carol. Deutschen Akademie der Naturforsher.</em> 58: 1-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12105263 [details]
original description
(of Liparometra multicirra HL Clark, 1923) Clark, H. L. (1923). The Echinoderm fauna of South Africa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13(7): 221-435, 23 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541222#page/263/mode/1up [details]
context source (HKRMS)
Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
basis of record
Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source
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]
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
additional 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]
additional source
Taylor, K. H.; Rouse, G. W.; Messing, C. G. (2017). Revising Mariametridae: the genera <i>Dichrometra, Lamprometra, and Liparometra</i> (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). <em>Systematics and Biodiversity.</em> 16(2): 142-159., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2017.1375044 [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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis A species of Dichrometra with P3 longest and stoutest, 9-18 mm long with 21-38 (usually 25-30) segments; P1 small, weak, 4.5-11 mm (usually 8-9 mm) with up to 28 segments. Brachitaxes and proximal brachials rugged or rugose due to well developed synarthrial tubercles. Cirri 20-40, of 22-35 (usually 25-30) segments, 15-30 mm long; longest proximal cirrals as long as broad or slightly longer; distal cirrals as broad as long or broader, with short but distinct aboral spine. Arms 14-40 (usually ~30), 65-150 mm long. [details]Unverified
Distribution Ranges eastward to Singapore, New Guinea, Amboina (Clark, 1911); East Indies, China, south of Japan and South Pacific Islands (Clark & Rowe (1971)); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-45 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); littoral in Clark (1911).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality unknown. Holotype in Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden (Netherlands) (formerly Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie) (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Himerometridae in A.H. Clark, 1911.
Considered conspecific with D. afra A.H. Clark, 1912 (Marshall & Rowe, 1981). [details]
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