Leptometra Clark 1908 (Feather star)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

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

Sister taxa: Adelometra, Anisometra, Antedoninae, Athrypsometra, Balanometra, Bathymetrinae, Caryometra, Cyclometra, Eometra, Heliometrinae, Isometrinae, Kempometra, Microcomatula, Perometrinae, Poliometra, Thysanometrinae

Subtaxa: Leptometra phalangium

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Type: Alecto phalangium

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptometra in the database

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