WoRMS taxon details
Glyptometra crassa (AH Clark, 1912)
508975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:508975)
accepted
Species
Pachylometra crassa AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (basionym)
Perissometra crassa (AH Clark, 1912) · unaccepted (synonym)
Perissometra gorgonia AH Clark, 1916 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pachylometra crassa AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). Six new East Indian crinoids belonging to the family Charitometridae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 25:77-84. [details]
Holotype ZMA Siboga sta. 259
Holotype ZMA Siboga sta. 259 [details]
Distribution Northern Celebes southward to the Kei Islands, the East Arafura Sea, and the East Timor Sea, and westward to the Nicobar...
Distribution Norfolk I., Tasman Sea; Nicobar Is., Indo-Malayan Region; Depth range : 73-1023 m
Distribution Northern Celebes southward to the Kei Islands, the East Arafura Sea, and the East Timor Sea, and westward to the Nicobar Islands; Depth range : 73-1023 m [details]
Distribution Norfolk I., Tasman Sea; Nicobar Is., Indo-Malayan Region; Depth range : 73-1023 m
Distribution Norfolk I., Tasman Sea; Nicobar Is., Indo-Malayan Region; Depth range : 73-1023 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Glyptometra crassa (AH Clark, 1912). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=508975 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pachylometra crassa AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). Six new East Indian crinoids belonging to the family Charitometridae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 25:77-84. [details]
original description (of Perissometra gorgonia AH Clark, 1916) Clark, A. H. (1916). Six new genera of unstalked crinoids belonging to the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae. Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal 6 (17):605-608., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24521244 [details]
basis of record 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]
original description (of Perissometra gorgonia AH Clark, 1916) Clark, A. H. (1916). Six new genera of unstalked crinoids belonging to the families Thalassometridae and Charitometridae. Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal 6 (17):605-608., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24521244 [details]
basis of record 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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]





Holotype ZMA Siboga sta. 259 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis A species of Glyptometra with longest earlier cirrals nearly as long as broad; distal cirrals somewhat shorter and usually with a small well-rounded subterminal aboral tubercle; proximal brachials with distal edges prominently everted or thickened, usually forming conspicuous half rings across aboral surface of arms; arms 10-20, 100-180 mm long; cirri 25-32 mm long with usually about 20 segments. [details]Distribution Northern Celebes southward to the Kei Islands, the East Arafura Sea, and the East Timor Sea, and westward to the Nicobar Islands; Depth range : 73-1023 m [details]
Distribution Norfolk I., Tasman Sea; Nicobar Is., Indo-Malayan Region; Depth range : 73-1023 m [details]