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Clarkcomanthus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986 
AphiaID: 246687

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comasterinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Comanthus luteofuscum HL Clark, 1915
Parent Comasterinae AH Clark, 1909
Sources  original description: 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: Hoggett AK, Rowe FWE (1986) A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A. H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88:103-142. [details]

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

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 Species Clarkcomanthus albinotus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Species Clarkcomanthus littoralis (Carpenter, 1888)
Species Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (HL Clark, 1915)
Environment marine
Link To GenBank
Note  Diagnosis: Comasterinae with IIBr and following brachitaxes usually 4(3+4), sometimes 2; pinnule combs only to P2; primary comb teeth slightly curved, confluent with edge of segment; smaller secondary tooth often present; terminal segment with a small dis [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246687
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2007-10-10 11:56:07Z  created  Messing, Charles
2009-04-23 09:17:06Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Clarkcomanthus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986. 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=246687 on 2013-05-19
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