original description
(of Charitometrinae AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). A revision of the crinoid families Thalassometridae and Himerometridae. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 22:1-22. [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H. (1950) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(4c). Bulletin of the U.S. National Museum 82:1-383, 32 pls. [details]
additional source
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of Australia. Mem. Australian Museum 4:705-804. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis A family of Tropiometracea with conspicuous side and covering plates; P1 and P2 similar, more slender and flexible than following pinnules and composed of a large number of short segments; cirri short, stout, and strongly curved, of usually fewer than 25 cirrals; distal cirrals little, if at all, shorter than proximal cirrals; aboral processes absent or present as low keels or tubercles; transition segment lacking. [details]