Actinometra blakei Hartlaub, 1912: Resurrected and Re-assigned

Authors

Charles Messing, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Swiss Journal of Palaeontology

ISSN

1664-2376

Publication Date

9-26-2018

Keywords

Crinoidea, Comatulidae, Hanshessaster, Taxonomy, Western Atlantic Ocean

Abstract

Actinometra blakei, originally described from a single specimen, was subsequently placed in synonymy, and has not been mentioned in print since 1931. This re-description was prompted by the collection of three new specimens that fit the original description. The species is assigned to Hanshessaster new genus, after eminent crinoid researcher Hans Hess, because Actinometra is a junior synonym of Comatula de Lamarck, 1816, to which A. blakei does not conform. The species cannot be assigned to any other accepted genus. The pinnule combs are similar to those of several Indo-western Pacific taxa but were previously unknown in any western Atlantic crinoid.

DOI

10.1007/s13358-018-0165-x

First Page

1

Last Page

10

Comments

©Akademie der Naturwissenschaften Schweiz (SCNAT) 2018

Additional Comments

NOAA grant #: NA09OAR4600095; Smithsonian Institution grant #: 15-P0-330-0000328720

NSUWorks Citation

Charles Messing. 2018. Actinometra blakei Hartlaub, 1912: Resurrected and Re-assigned .Swiss Journal of Palaeontology : 1 -10. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/939.