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Actinometra Müller, 1841 
AphiaID: 204449

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comatulinae (Subfamily)
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Accepted name  Comatula Lamarck, 1816
Rank Genus
Parent Comatulinae Fleming, 1828
Sources  original description: 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]

basis of record: 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]

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

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

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Species Actinometra affinis Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra alata (Pourtalès, 1878) accepted as Neocomatella alata (Pourtalès, 1878)
Species Actinometra albonotata Bell, 1882 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra alternans Carpenter, 1881 accepted as Comanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra annulata Bell, 1882 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra aruensis Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra belli Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra bennetti (Müller, 1841) accepted as Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra borneensis Bell, 1882 accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra brachiolata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comatulella brachiolata (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Actinometra brachymera Schmeltz, 1877 accepted as Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra coccodistoma Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra coppingeri Bell, 1882 accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra cumingi Bell, 1884 accepted as Oxycomanthus comanthipinna (Gislén, 1922)
Species Actinometra difficilis Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Palaeocomatella difficilis (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra discoidea Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra dissimilis Carpenter, 1884 accepted as Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)
Species Actinometra distincta Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra divaricata Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra duplex Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840) accepted as Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
Species Actinometra elongata Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra fimbriata (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra gracilis Hartlaub, 1893 accepted as Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1893)
Species Actinometra grandicalyx Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Oxycomanthus grandicalyx (Carpenter, 1882)
Species Actinometra granulilfera (Pourtalès, 1878) accepted as Crinometra brevipinna (Pourtalès, 1868)
Species Actinometra imperialis Müller, 1841 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra intermedia Bell, 1884 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra japonica (Müller, 1841) accepted as Oxycomanthus japonicus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra jukesi Carpenter, 1879 accepted as Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra lineata Carpenter, 1880 accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Species Actinometra littoralis Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Clarkcomanthus littoralis (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra macrobrachius Hartlaub, 1890 accepted as Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890)
Species Actinometra maculata Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra multibrachiata Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra multifida (Müller, 1841) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra multiradiata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Capillaster multiradiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra mutabilis Hartlaub, 1891 accepted as Oxycomanthus exilis Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Species Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comatella nigra (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884 accepted as Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)
Species Actinometra notata Bell, 1888 accepted as Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra novae-guineae (Müller, 1841) accepted as Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra parvicirra (Müller, 1841) accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra paucicirra Bell, 1882 accepted as Comatula (Validia) rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Actinometra peregrina Bell, 1894 accepted as Comasteridae incertae sedis peregrina (Bell, 1894)
Species Actinometra polymorpha Carpenter, 1879 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878) accepted as Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878)
Species Actinometra quadrata Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra regalis Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra robusta Carpenter, 1879 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra robustipinna Carpenter, 1881 accepted as Himerometra robustipinna (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra rotalaria Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra rubiginosa (Pourtalès, 1869) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869)
Species Actinometra schlegelii Carpenter, 1881 accepted as Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Actinometra sentosa Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Species Actinometra solaris (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra stelligera Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra strota Carpenter, 1884 accepted as Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816
Species Actinometra tenax Carpenter, 1879 accepted as Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Species Actinometra typica (Lovén, 1866) accepted as Phanogenia typica Lovén, 1866
Species Actinometra valida Carpenter, 1888 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Actinometra variabilis Bell, 1882 accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Note  Remark: Type species: Actinometra imperialis Müller, 1841 (=Comatula solaris Lamarck, 1816) by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204449
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1999-06-14 21:19:51Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2006-09-04 10:51:58Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2009-04-22 12:58:02Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Actinometra Müller, 1841. 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=204449 on 2013-05-23
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