WoRMS name details
Nemaster discoidea (Carpenter, 1888)
393387 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393387)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actinometra discoidea Carpenter, 1888) 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]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Nemaster discoidea (Carpenter, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393387 on 2025-03-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinometra discoidea Carpenter, 1888) 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]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1921). Report on the crinoids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>Univ. Iowa Studies in Nat. Hist.</em> 9(5):1-28., available online at https://archive.org/stream/universityofiowa09univ#page/n457/mode/2up [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Meyer DL, Messing CG, Macurda DB (1978) Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bull. Marine Sci. 28:412-441 [details]
additional source Meyer DL, Messing CG, Macurda DB (1978) Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bull. Marine Sci. 28:412-441 [details]




