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Heliometra glacialis

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Taxonomy
Alecto glacialis was named by Owen (1833). It is extant. It is the type species of Heliometra.

It was recombined as Heliometra glacialis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Alecto glacialis Owen p. 120
1841Alecto eschrichtii Mueller p. 183
1884Antedon quadrata Carpenter p. 375
1886Antedon bartensi Carpenter p. 9
1907Antedon arctica Clark p. 82
1908Heliometra juvenalis Clark p. 239
2011Heliometra glacialis Hess and Messing p. 134

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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
superfamilyAntedonoidea(Norman 1865)
familyAntedonidaeNorman 1865
subfamilyHeliometrinaeClark 1909
genusHeliometraClark 1907
speciesglacialis(Owen 1833)

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.

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Invalid names: Alecto eschrichtii Mueller 1841 [synonym], Antedon arctica Clark 1907 [synonym], Antedon bartensi Carpenter 1886 [synonym], Antedon quadrata Carpenter 1884 [synonym], Heliometra juvenalis Clark 1908 [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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available