species: Iconometra anisa in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Iconometra anisa


©Alexander Semenov: Iconometra anisa on the reef slope or base between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.

©Alexander Semenov: Iconometra anisa on the reef slope or base between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group. The cirrus at top left shows a transverse bar on each segment. The arm at left shows pinnules P1 to P5, from right to left.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Colobometridae
Genus Iconometra
Species Iconometra anisa

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Distinguishing features

Only 10 arms. Cirri with a single transverse bar on most segments. Second pinnule on exterior side of a free arm (P2) is longer than the first (P1), and it is smooth, not serrated as in the more common Oligometra species.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.