WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Eudiocrinus semperi Carpenter, 1882) Carpenter, P. H. (1882). Description of new or little known Comatulae. I. On the species of Atelecrinus and Eudiocrinus. II. The Comatulae of the Hamburg Museum. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London (Zoology).</em> 16:487–526. [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (82): 1-860. [details]
additional source
Messing, C.G. (2008). A new species of five-armed feather star, Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus n. sp., from the eastern Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 121(2): 269-275 [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]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1908). New genera of unstalked crinoids. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 21:125-136. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Pentametrocrinus with first pinnule on brachial 5. Maximum centrodorsal diameter 4.3 mm. Cirri 15–24, with 28 cirrals, to 50 mm long; longest cirral with LW ratio 5; tip a tapered point. Synarthrial tubercles present. Rays unornamented. Disk plated with nodules (Messing, 2008). [details]
Distribution off Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia, and NE of New Zealand; Depth range : 1,279-1,736 m [details]
Distribution Off Newcastle to off Port Jackson, NSW, and off the western Great Australian Bight; Depth range : 1,279-1,736 m [details]
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