WoRMS taxon details
Heliometra AH Clark, 1907
123353 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123353)
accepted
Genus
- Species Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS)
- Species Heliometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881) accepted as Solanometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra brachymera (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra clio (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Boleometra clio (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra eschrichtii (Müller, 1841) accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra glabra AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Solanometra antarctica (Carpenter, 1881) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra hondoensis (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra inexpectata (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra juvenalis AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra laodice (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra magellanica (Bell, 1882) accepted as Florometra magellanica (Bell, 1882) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra mariae (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra maxima AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra quadrata Carpenter, 1884 accepted as Heliometra glacialis (Owen, 1833 ex Leach MS) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra rathbuni (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Florometra asperrima (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra rhomboidea (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Florometra magellanica (Bell, 1882) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra rhomboidea (Hartlaub, 1895) (non Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Florometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895) (synonym)
- Species Heliometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895) accepted as Florometra tanneri (Hartlaub, 1895) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, A. H. (1907). New genera of recent free crinoids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection.</em> 50(29): 343-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049299 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Heliometra AH Clark, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123353 on 2025-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1907). New genera of recent free crinoids. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection.</em> 50(29): 343-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30049299 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (82): 1-860. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H., Clark, A. M. (1967). A monograph of the existing crinoids. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> (82): 1-860. [details]
Other
additional source
Hess H, Messing CG (2011) Comatulida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146. [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
additional source Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Centrodorsal low hemispherical; cirrus sockets 45-100. Cirri long, stout, with 30-58 cirrals, the longest rarely twice as long as wide. Brachials smooth (finely spinose in some small specimens). Arm length reaches 25 cm. No rudimentary comb on oral pinnules. [Distinguished from Florometra by size only.] [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ヒゲウミシダ属 | [details] |
