Re-evaluation of the systematics of two deep-sea species of Thalassometra (Echinomermata: Crinoidea) and its biogeographical implications

• Published in: Journal of Natural History
• Main Authors: Eléaume, Marc, Améziane, Nadia, Park, Young-Hyang
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie dynamique et de climatologie (LODYC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [SDU.STU.GP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; [SDE.MCG]Environmental Sciences/Global Changes; Campbell Plateau; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00164911; https://doi.org/10.1080/0022290310001613566

Biogeography of deep-sea comatulid crinoids is poorly understood owing partly to the lack of detailed taxonomic studies. Recent cruises off Peru dredged up two new, well-preserved specimens of Thalassometra bispinosa, a deep-sea comatulid species which was heretofore only known from the Southern Oce...