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Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus Messing, 2008

Crinoidea, Crinoid

COI standard fragment-Pentametrocrinidae: ACTGCTTTAAGTATAATTATTCGTATGGAGCTTGCTCAACCTGGTTCTTTTTTAGGGGATGATCAAATATATAATGTTATAGTTACTTCTCATGCTTTAATAATGATTTTTTTTATGGTAATGCCTATAATGATTGGTGGTTTTGGGAATTGGTTAATTCCTTTGATGATAGGTTCTCCTGATTTAGCTTTTCCACGGGTCAAAAACATGAGTTTTTGACTTCTTCCTCCTTCTTTTCTTCTTTTATTAGCGTCTGCTGGTGTTGAGAGGGGTGTTGGTACTGGGTGGACTATTTATCCTCCTTTGTCTAGGGGTATTGCTCATGCTGGGGGGTCTGTAGATCTTGCTATTTTTTCTTTGCATGTTGCTGGTGCTTCTTCTATTGTTGCTGCAATTAATTTTATAACTACTGTGATTAAAATGCGTGCTCCTGGTATTACTTTTGATCGTTTACCTCTTTTTGTTTGGTCTGTTTTTATTACTACTTTTCTTCTTTTGTTAGCTATTCCTGTTTTGGCTGGTGCTATAACAATGCTTCTTACGGATCGTAAAGTTAATACTACTTTTTTTGATCCTGCTGGGGGTGGTGACCCTATTTTGTTTCAACACTTGTTTTGATTTTTTGG

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Echinodermata

Class
Crinoidea

Order
Comatulida

Superfamily
Antedonoidea

Family
Pentametrocrinidae

Genus
Pentametrocrinus

Species
paucispinulus

Taxon category: Accepted

MCCDRS-9358

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: North of the Galapagos Islands (Salinas-de-León et al., 2020).

References

  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Salinas-de-León, P. Martí-Puig, P., Buglass, S., Arnés-Urgellés, C., Rastoin-Laplane, E., Creemers, M., Cairns, S., Fisher, C., O Hara, T., Ott, B., Raineault, N. A., Reiswig, H., Rouse, G., Rowley, S., Shank, T. M., Suarez, J., Watling, L., Wicksten, M. K., & Marsh, L. (2020) Characterization of deep-sea benthic invertebrate megafauna of the Galapagos Islands Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70744-1

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"Galapagos Species Database, Pentametrocrinus paucispinulus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18712. Accessed 31 October 2026.