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Amphimetra milberti

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Himerometridae

Taxonomy
Comatula (Alecto) milberti was named by Mueller (1846). It is extant. It is the type species of Amphimetra.

It was recombined as Amphimetra milberti by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Alecto tessellata Mueller p. 178
1846Comatula (Alecto) milberti Mueller p. 178
2011Amphimetra milberti Hess and Messing p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyMariametroidea(Rasmussen 1978)
familyHimerometridaeClark 1908
genusAmphimetraClark 1909
speciesmilberti(Mueller 1846)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Amphimetra milberti Mueller 1846
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Invalid names: Alecto tessellata Mueller 1846 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available