Echinodermata | Crinoidea | Comatulida |
Mariametridae | Dichrometra | brachypecha |
Genus | Species |
BI-2020-011
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Specimen #19. Verbatim remarks: "Lamprometra palmata (=Dichrometra brachypecha). Curled up & hidden under coral. Green & white in situ. Ray bases white with elongated dark brown blotches alternating on either side of midaboral line. Middle arms irregularly banded with red brown & white, with dark brown blotches. Arms white in distal third with dark brown tips. Oral pinnules white with several short greenish gray bands distally. Pinnules in banded section of arms red brown basally, banded greenish-grey (dark brown on ambulacra) & white distally. 34 ft. P2 extremely long and robust. No symbionts."
Dive 12
Entrance to Ulong Pass
7.5288° N
134.4953° E
10.0 - 17.0 m
Dec. 1, 2002
SCUBA
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Charles Messing | Nick Pilcher
Charles Messing
EtOH 95%
EtOH 50%
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Depth indicates range for specimens collected, 32-56 ft. Verbatim description: "Entrance to Ulong Pass. 07 134 Reef slope with broad spur & groove formations. Incoming current flowing inshore up grooves. About a dozen 3-4 ft sharks being cleaned by wrasses. All crinoids except C. bella deep in crevices, under ledges, among coral branches, almost all were not visible from above." Coordinates from Google Maps, Ulong Channel.