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