WoRMS taxon details
Stylometra spinifera (Carpenter, 1881)
422447 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422447)
accepted
Species
Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881 · unaccepted (basionym)
Antedon spinifera brevispina Hartlaub, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881) Carpenter, P. H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78), the Caribbean Sea (1878–79), and the east coast of the United States (1880). XVI. Preliminary report on the Comatulae. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard</i> 9(4):1–20, pl 1. [details]
Holotype (of Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881) MNHN...
Holotype (of Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881) MNHN EcCh 28 [details]
Distribution Greater and Lesser Antilles W to Cozumel Island, Mexico, and English Cay, Belize (not Bahamas), and S to Grenada.; Depth...
Distribution Bahama Islands; Antillean Arc from N coast of Cuba to Barbados and Grenada; Caribbean coast of Central and South America from...
Distribution Greater and Lesser Antilles W to Cozumel Island, Mexico, and English Cay, Belize (not Bahamas), and S to Grenada.; Depth range : 102-508 (?548) m [details]
Distribution Bahama Islands; Antillean Arc from N coast of Cuba to Barbados and Grenada; Caribbean coast of Central and South America from...
Distribution Bahama Islands; Antillean Arc from N coast of Cuba to Barbados and Grenada; Caribbean coast of Central and South America from Arrowsmith Bank (Yucatan Channel) to Cabo Cordera, Venezuela; N of Rosalind Bank between Honduras and Jamaica.; Depth range : (?55) 102-658 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Stylometra spinifera (Carpenter, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422447 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881) Carpenter, P. H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78), the Caribbean Sea (1878–79), and the east coast of the United States (1880). XVI. Preliminary report on the Comatulae. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard</i> 9(4):1–20, pl 1. [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Taxonomy
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]
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 Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [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 Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]
additional source Meyer DL, Messing CG, Macurda DB (1978) Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bull. Marine Sci. 28:412-441 [details]





Holotype (of Antedon spinifera Carpenter, 1881) MNHN EcCh 28 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Same as for genus. [details]Distribution Greater and Lesser Antilles W to Cozumel Island, Mexico, and English Cay, Belize (not Bahamas), and S to Grenada.; Depth range : 102-508 (?548) m [details]
Distribution Bahama Islands; Antillean Arc from N coast of Cuba to Barbados and Grenada; Caribbean coast of Central and South America from Arrowsmith Bank (Yucatan Channel) to Cabo Cordera, Venezuela; N of Rosalind Bank between Honduras and Jamaica.; Depth range : (?55) 102-658 m [details]