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Extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) of Singapore
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
  • Charles Messing, Nova Southeastern University
  • Teresa S. Tay, National University of Singapore
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-29-2016
Keywords
  • Crinoidea,
  • Feather star,
  • Singapore,
  • Comatulid,
  • Echinoderm
Abstract

The crinoid fauna of Singaporean waters now includes approximately 39 nominal species belonging to six families, all in Order Comatulida. Seventeen of the 22 species collected during the Singapore Strait Biodiversity Workshop (May-June 2013) were previously known from the area. Of the remaining five, Cenometra bella (Colobometridae) is definitely a new record for Singapore, while the taxonomic status of the other four is uncertain. Seventeen additional species, collected almost entirely in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, were not represented in the 2013 survey.

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Citation Information
Charles Messing and Teresa S. Tay. "Extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) of Singapore" Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Vol. Supplement 34 Iss. Part 2 (2016) p. 627 - 658 ISSN: 0217-2445
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/charles-messing/92/