WoRMS taxon details
Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890)
246725 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246725)
accepted
Species
Actinometra macrobrachius Hartlaub, 1890 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actinometra macrobrachius 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]
Holotype ZMH HM E2434 (=GM 5131)
Holotype ZMH HM E2434 (=GM 5131) [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246725 on 2025-04-07
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinometra macrobrachius 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]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. <i>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections</i> 60(10):1-33. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. <i>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections</i> 60(10):1-33. [details]
Other
additional source
Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [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]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [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]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]





Holotype ZMH HM E2434 (=GM 5131) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Capillaster with centrodorsal small, stellate and lacking cirri. [details]