Clarkometra

Clarkometra
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Family: Colobometridae
Genus:
Gislén, 1922
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Clarkometra elegans
Gislén, 1922[1]

Clarkometra elegans is a species of feather star, a type of crinoid, in the family Colobometridae, and the only species in the genus Clarkometra. It is found from South West Mindanao in the Philippines to the Bonin Islands, Japan. It occurs at a depth ranging from 72 to 80 m.

References

  1. ^ Gislén T (1922) The crinoids from Dr. S. Bock's expedition to Japan 1914. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (4)5(6), pages 1-183, text-fig. 1-162, pl. 1, 2