Feracrinus heinzelleri Eléaume, Bohn, Roux & Améziane, 2012, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Eléaume, Marc, Bohn, Jens-Michael, Roux, Michel, Améziane, Nadia
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Crinoidea; Hyocrinida; Hyocrinidae; Feracrinus; Feracrinus heinzelleri; Queen Maud Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6180832; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6180832

Feracrinus heinzelleri n. sp. Figures 4–6. Etymology. This new species is dedicated to Professor T. Heinzeller Ludwig-Maximilian-University, Munich (Germany), who has contributed substantially to our understanding of crinoid anatomy. Material examined. Holotype (catalogue number ZSM 0000/1) and one paratype (catalogue number ZSM 0000/2) R/V Polarstern cruise ANT IX/3, station 18/192, 27.02.1991, off Queen Maud Land, 69°40.3’ to 69°40.5’ S –00°51.1’ to 00°54.8’ E, 1393–1398 m, housed in the Bavarian State Museum Collection of Zoology (ZSM) in Munich. Diagnosis. A small species with robust arms of proximal pattern 1+2 3 4 5+6 7+8 or 5+6 7; beyond Br6 series of successive brachial pairs (a+b c+d e+f…) or brachial pairs alternating with free brachials (a+b c d+e f...); series of up to 4 successive muscular articulations. Pinnules relatively robust and rigid; insertion deep, carved on arm side and impacting the following brachial pair; synarthrial articulation on brachial with strong symmorphy; concave cover ... : Published as part of Eléaume, Marc, Bohn, Jens-Michael, Roux, Michel & Améziane, Nadia, 2012, Stalked crinoids (Echinodermata) collected by the R / V Polarstern and Meteor in the south Atlantic and in Antarctica, pp. 1-22 in Zootaxa 3425 on pages 8-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209419 ...