WoRMS taxon details
Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
AphiaID: 213329
AphiaID: 213329
| 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 annulata Bell, 1882 (synonym) Actinometra elongata Carpenter, 1888 (synonym) Actinometra parvicirra (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Actinometra polymorpha Carpenter, 1879 (synonym) Actinometra quadrata Carpenter, 1888 (synonym) Actinometra rotalaria Carpenter, 1888 (synonym) Actinometra valida Carpenter, 1888 (synonym) Alecto parvicirrus Müller, 1841 (basionym) Alecto timorensis Müller, 1841 (synonym) Comanthus annulata (Bell, 1882) (synonym) Comanthus intricata AH Clark, 1908 (synonym) Comanthus parvicirra (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Comanthus parvicirra comasteripinna Gislén, 1922 (synonym) Comanthus rotalaria (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym) Comanthus timorensis (Müller, 1841) (synonym) Comaster tenella AH Clark, 1931 (synonym) Comaster tenellus (AH Clark, 1931) (synonym) Comatula mertensi Grube, 1875 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] 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] additional source: Améziane, N. (2009). Crinoidea (Echinodermata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] 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: Messing CG (1998) A revision of the Recent Indo-West Pacific comatulid genus Comaster Agassiz. Part 1: The type species of Comaster and Phanogenia Lovén (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 191-209. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Müller J (1841b) Über den Bau des Pentacrinus caput Medusae. Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1841:177-248, pls. 1-6. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Grube J (1875) Uber einige noch unbeschriebene Comatulen aus Nord-Borneo. Jahresbericht der schleischen gesellschaft für vaterlandische kultur, Breslau 1875:74-75. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Carpenter PH (1879) On the Genus Actinometra, Müll., with a morphological account of a new species (A.) polymorpha, from the Philippine Islands.--Part I. Transactions of the Linnean Society, London (2. Zool.)2(1): 1-122, 8 pls. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Bell FJ (1882) An attempt to apply a method for formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Soceity of London 6:530-536, pl. 35. [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 (1908) Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue. 52(2):199-234. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1909) On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Vidensk. Medd, Dansk Naturhist. Foren. 61:115-195. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1911) Notes sur les Crinoïdes actuels du Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris. Bulletin de Museum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris 1911(4): 243-260. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark AH (1911) On a collection of unstalked crinoids made by the United States Fisheries Steamer “Albatross” in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1798): 529-563. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Gislén T (1922) The crinoids from Dr. S. Bock's expedition to Japan 1914. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (4)5(6):1-183, text-fig. 1-162, pl. 1, 2. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Fiji [details] Great Barrier Reef [details] Indonesia [details] Madagascar [details] Marion Reef [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius (not certain) [details] Mozambique [details] New Caledonia [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Philippines [details] Seychelles [details] South China Sea [details] South Japan [details] Thailand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tongan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Specimen | Neotype: AM J17388 [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll (Clark, 1954); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; depth 34 fathoms in Clark (1911)). Ecology: benthic, inshore, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Diagnosis: Comanthus with 10-63 arms (usually <40): anterior arms usually markedly longer than posterior arms; cirri II—XIX, 11-16 segments, distal segments bear a sharp aboral transverse bar or tubercle; centrodorsal small discoidal; radials visible, of vari [details] Distribution: Cockburn Sound (near Perth), West Australia to Byron Bay, New South Wales; Depth range : 0-28 m [details] Type locality: Type locality: Bird Island, near Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia. Neotype in Australian Museum, Sydney (Australia) J17388 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Spelled | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213329 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comanthus parvicirrus (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=213329 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||
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