species: Zygometra comata in Lizard Island (Gaia Guide)
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Zygometra comata

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Crinoidea
Order Comatulida
Family Zygometridae
Genus Zygometra
Species Zygometra comata

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Distinguishing features

The genus Zygometra is differentiated from other crinoids by a particular type of articulation in the first division series. This character is impossible to determine in living specimens, making the genus difficult to identify in the field.

Zygometra comata has 25 to 30 arms and relatively long cirri with up to 30 segments. Colour not known.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

Not known.

This species is known from few specimens in the Australian Museum collection, from South Island between 9 and 12 m depth,

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References

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