Catoptometridae Taylor, Messing and Rouse, 2023

Taylor, Kristian H., Rouse, Greg W. & Messing, Charles G., 2023, Phylogeny and taxonomy of Himerometroidea (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), Zootaxa 5277 (1), pp. 149-164 : 160

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7893129
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scientific name	Catoptometridae Taylor, Messing and Rouse, 2023
status	fam. nov.

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Catoptometridae Taylor, Messing and Rouse, 2023 , new family

Type genus: Catoptometra AH Clark, 1908c

Diagnosis: Himerometroidea lacking any aboral cirral spines; IBr2 syzygies extremely brittle. Adoral centrodorsal surface smooth, with no radial depressions or furrows. Distal margins of division series and arm brachials bearing strong spines.

Remarks: This diagnosis is the same as for the genus Catoptometra (A. H. Clark, 1915 a, 1931, 1941; Hess & Messing, 2011).