Lamprometra palmata (Müller)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Lamprometra palmata (Müller)

1841. Alecto palmata : Müller, J. J. Archiv fur Naturgesch. i. p. 144.

1932. Lamprometra palmata : A. H. Clark, Rec. Indian Mus . 34 (4): 557.

1962. Lamprometra palmata : Sane, S.R. and Chhapgar, B.F. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., 59 (2): 673.

1971. Lamprometra palmata : Clark. A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms, p. 24 (key), p. 8-9 (distribution).

1972. Lamprometra palmata : Rao. K.H. and Sowbhagyavathi. R. Proc. Indian Natn. Sci. Acad, 38 (5&6): 360-366.

2007. Lamprometra palmata : Sastry. D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper. No. 271: 13

Material: MCYN18-131 . Dt. 30.11.2018. One spec.

Description: Arms 21, 65mm long, cirri 23+20, dorsal side rounded. P 2 longer, stouter at the base, not keeled, flexible distally. Division series with 2 ossicles.

Distribution: Gujarat, Daman, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Andamans. Elsewhere: West coast of India to Australia and Hawaiian Islands.The species is new to Lakshadweep.