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Comatula Lamarck, 1816 
AphiaID: 123350

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comatulinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Typetaxon of  Comatulinae Fleming, 1828
Parent Comatulinae Fleming, 1828
Synonymised
taxa		  Actinometra Müller, 1841
Sources  original description: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1816. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliersde ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres,et la citation des principales espèces qui s’y rapportent. (Verdière:Paris): Volume 2: 1-568. [details]

basis of record: Clark AH (1931) A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls. [details]

basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Rowe, F.W.E., A.K. Hoggett, R.A. Birtles & L.L. Vail (1986). Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86(3): 197-277. [details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Müller J (1841) Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841:179-189 (also Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148). [details] [view taxon]

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taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Comatula (Alecto)
  » Species Comatula (Alecto) hagenii Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Coccometra hagenii (Pourtalès, 1868)
» Species Comatula (Alecto) milberti Müller, 1846 accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)
» Species Comatula (Alecto) palmata (Müller, 1841) accepted as Lamprometra palmata (Müller, 1841)
» Species Comatula (Alecto) reynaudi Müller, 1846 accepted as Heterometra reynaudi (Müller, 1846)
» Species Comatula (Alecto) savignii (Müller, 1841) accepted as Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841)
Subgenus Comatula (Comatula) Lamarck, 1816
  » Species Comatula (Comatula) cratera HL Clark, 1916
» Species Comatula (Comatula) micraster AH Clark, 1909
» Species Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
» Species Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843)
» Species Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
» Species Comatula (Comatula) tenuicirra AH Clark, 1912
Subgenus Comatula (Validia) AH Clark, 1918
  » Species Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816

Species Comatula adeonae Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Oligometrides adeonae (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula annulata Risso, 1826 accepted as Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula articulata Müller, 1849 accepted as Liparometra articulata (Müller, 1849)
Species Comatula barbata Fleming, 1828 accepted as Antedon bifida bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Species Comatula brachiolata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Comatulella brachiolata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula brevipinna Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Crinometra brevipinna (Pourtalès, 1868)
Species Comatula carinata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula celtica M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857 accepted as Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857)
Species Comatula cumingii Müller, 1847 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Comatula echinoptera Müller, 1840 accepted as Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
Species Comatula elongata (Müller, 1841) accepted as Dichrometra flagellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula etheridgei AH Clark, 1911 accepted as Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Comatula fimbriata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Comatula flagellata (Müller, 1841) accepted as Dichrometra flagellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula indica Smith, 1876 accepted as Stephanometra indica (Smith, 1876)
Species Comatula jacquinoti Müller, 1846 accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula japonica (Müller, 1841) accepted as Oxycomanthus japonicus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula macronema Müller, 1846 accepted as Ptilometra macronema (Müller, 1846)
Species Comatula mariae AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Capillaster mariae (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Comatula mediterranea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula mertensi Grube, 1875 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula milleri (Müller, 1841) accepted as Antedon bifida bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Species Comatula multifida (Müller, 1841) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula multiradiata Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula multiradiata Audouin, 1817 accepted as Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Species Comatula phalangium (Müller, 1841) accepted as Leptometra phalangium (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula philiberti Müller, 1849 accepted as Heterometra philiberti (Müller, 1849)
Species Comatula picta Gay, 1854 accepted as Tropiometra carinata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Comatula rosacea Fleming, 1828 accepted as Antedon bifida bifida (Pennant, 1777)
Species Comatula sarsii (Düben & Koren, 1846) accepted as Hathrometra tenella (Retzius, 1783)
Species Comatula savignyi (Müller, 1841) accepted as Heterometra savignii (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula serrata AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Phanogenia serrata (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Comatula solaster AH Clark, 1907 accepted as Oxycomanthus solaster (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Comatula tessellata (Müller, 1841) accepted as Amphimetra tessellata (Müller, 1841)
Species Comatula trichoptera Müller, 1846 accepted as Cenolia trichoptera (Müller, 1846)
Species Comatula Woodwardii Barrett, 1857 (not of Forbes, 1852) accepted as Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857)
Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Same as subfamily Comatulinae [details]

Remark: Type species: Comatula solaris Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation by A.H. Clark (1931) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123350
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2006-09-08 06:50:23Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2007-10-10 11:56:07Z  changed  Messing, Charles
2009-04-23 09:17:06Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Comatula Lamarck, 1816. In: Messing, C. (2013) World List of Crinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123350 on 2013-06-19
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