Austrometra Clark 1916 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Colobometridae

Full reference: A. H. Clark. 1916. Seven new genera of echinoderms. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 6(5):115-122

Parent taxon: Colobometridae according to H. Hess and C. G. Messing 2011

Sister taxa: Alisometra, Analcidometra, Basilometra, Cenometra, Clarkometra, Colobometra, Cotylometra, Cyllometra, Decametra, Embryometra, Epimetra, Gislenometra, Iconometra, Oligometra, Oligometrides, Petasometra, Pontiometra

Subtaxa: Austrometra thetidis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Austrometra in the database

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