WoRMS taxon details
Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
AphiaID: 213328
AphiaID: 213328
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comasterinae (Subfamily) > Comanthus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Comanthus AH Clark, 1908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888 (synonym) Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869 (synonym) Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843 (basionym) Comanthus (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909) (synonym) Comanthus (Cenolia) wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) (synonym) Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909 (synonym) Comanthus samoanus (AH Clark, 1909) (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) (alternative spelling) Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938) (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergi wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergii multibrachia Gislén, 1938 (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergii serratus (Gislén, 1938) (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergii tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 (synonym) Comanthus wahlbergii wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) (synonym) Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907 (synonym) Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 (synonym) Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 (synonym) Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938 (synonym) Commissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 Commissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Rowe FWE, Hoggett AK, Birtles RA, Vail LL (1986) Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 86:197-277 [details] basis of record: Clark AH (1911) The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 40:1–51. (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] from synonym: Gislén T (1938) Crinoids of South Africa. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (3)17(2):1-22, pl. 1, 2. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Schmeltz JDE (1869) Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV Nebst einer beilage enthaltend: topgraphische notizen; beischreibung neuer Bryozoen von Senator Dr Kirschenpauer zu Hamburg und einer neuen Asteriden-Gattung von Dr. Chr. Lütken zu Kopenhagen. Museum Godeffroy Catalog, IV. Hamburg. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Carpenter PH (1888) Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 26, x + 402, 70 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1907) Descriptions of new species of Recent unstalked crinoids from the coasts of northeastern Asia. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 33, 127-156. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1909). Five new species of recent unstalked crinoids. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum 37:29-34. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1912) The crinoids of the museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum 43:381-410. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AM (1972) Some crinoids from the Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 24(2):75-156. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii multibrachia Gislén, 1938 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii serratus (Gislén, 1938) accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Admiralty Islands [details] Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] East Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Great Barrier Reef [details] Herald Cays [details] Japan [details] Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Lamont Reef [details] Lord Howe Island [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] New Caledonia [details] New Zealand [details] Red Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Samoa [details] Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Somalia (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] South Africa [details] South Africa (country) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Lectotype: SMNH 128 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Notes |
Diagnosis: Comanthus with 10-38 arms; anterior arms may be markedly longer; cirri XIII—XL, 12-18 segments; centrodorsal discoidal; radials hidden or with interradial corners visible; IIBr and following brachitaxes usually 4(3+ 4), sometimes of 2 ossicles; P Distribution: Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m [details] Distribution: Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m [details] Distribution: Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; littoral and down to 25 fathoms, in dark sand, black specks and rocks in Clark (1911). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] Type locality: Type locality: Durban. C. wahlbergi in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976). I Subgenus (Bennettia) in A.H. Clark (1911). Lectotype in Naturhistoriske Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden) No. 128, paralectotype, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 35111, No. 44 (4 specimens), No. 112, No. 130 (3 specimens), Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 1060. Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213328 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843). 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=213328 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||||||||
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