Aporometra wilsoni
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Comatulida |
| Family: | Aporometridae |
| Genus: | Aporometra |
| Species: | A. wilsoni
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Aporometra wilsoni is a
Aporometridae
. It is found in shallow water around the coasts of southern Australia.
Description
This is a small species of
Distribution
This
Perth, Western Australia, to Gabo Island, Victoria, at depths down to about 18 m (60 ft).[3]
Ecology
Aporometra wilsoni is found living in close association with brown algae such as Cystophora and Sargassum.[4]
Crinoids are dioecious, with separate male and female individuals. They do not have true gonads, instead producing gametes from genital canals found inside some of the pinnules. In most species, the sperm and eggs are released into the
doliolaria larvae have lost their cilia and undergone metamorphosis, developing a stalk and holdfast. They fall to the seabed and immediately attach to the substrate, the mouth at the centre of the oral surface opens, the first tube feet emerge and they start to feed.[4] The stem is later shed and the juvenile becomes free-living.[5]
References
- ^ Clark, Hubert Lyman (1938). Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Vol. 55. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 42. BHL page 4374202. [The "Mr. Clark" mentioned is probably Austin Hobart Clark.]
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- ^ a b Messing, Charles (2019). "Aporometra wilsoni (Bell, 1888)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4863-0763-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-315-0104-7.)
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Further reading
- Helgen, Lauren E.; Rouse, Greg W. (2006). "Species delimitation and distribution in Aporometra (Crinoidea:Echinodermata): endemic Australian featherstars" (PDF). Invertebrate Systematics. 20 (3): 395โ414. doi:10.1071/IS05050.
- Haig, J.A.; Gillanders, B.M.; Rouse, G.W. (2012). "Live fast, die young: the life cycle of the brooding feather star Aporometra wilsoni (Echinodermata: Crinoidea)". Invertebrate Biology. 131 (3): 235โ243. ISSN 1077-8306.
External links
Media related to Aporometra wilsoni at Wikimedia Commons
