''Tropiometra afra'' is a species of
feather star
Crinoids are marine invertebrates that make up the class Crinoidea. Crinoids that remain attached to the sea floor by a stalk in their adult form are commonly called sea lilies, while the unstalked forms, called feather stars or comatulids, are ...
in the family
Tropiometridae
''Tropiometra'' is a genus of crinoids in the monotypic family ''Tropiometridae''.
Species
The following species are found in this genus:
*'' Tropiometra afra'' (Hartlaub, 1890)
*''Tropiometra carinata
The elegant feather star (''Tropiometra ...
. The nominate subspecies ''T. a. afra'' occurs around
New Zealand
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as well as
Australia
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(
Lord Howe Island
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,
Fremantle
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, and
New South Wales
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).,
while the subspecies ''T. a. macrodiscus'' is found at
Hong Kong
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,
Japan
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, and the
Bonin islands
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; it is the most common crinoid species in Hong Kong.
References
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Tropiometridae