WoRMS taxon details
Comactinia AH Clark, 1909
AphiaID: 246690
AphiaID: 246690
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comasteridae incertae sedis (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Alecto echinoptera (Müller, 1840) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Comasteridae incertae sedis | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1909) Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507. [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: Messing, C.G. 1978. A revision of the comatulid genus Comactinia A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata).-Bulletin of Marine Science 28(1): 49-80 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840) Species Comactinia meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865) Species Comactinia titan Messing, 2003 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Comasteridae with IBr and first two brachials united by synarthry; arms 10; first syzygy at br3+4; combs to P2 to P6; comb teeth single, of two distinct forms: 1) confluent with exterior side of pinnulars, with tall narrow [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246690 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comactinia AH Clark, 1909. 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=246690 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||
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