WoRMS taxon details
Comatula (Comatula) micraster AH Clark, 1909
AphiaID: 246761
AphiaID: 246761
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comatulinae (Subfamily) > Comatula (Genus) > Comatula (Comatula) (Subgenus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Comatula (Comatula) Lamarck, 1816 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Clark AH (1909) New recent Indian crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22:143-152. [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: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Andaman Islands [details] | |||||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: ZSIC ZEV 825/7 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Comatula with centrodorsal small, pentagonal; no cirri; arms 65 mm long or less. [details] Distribution: Burma to eastern Indonesia; Depth range : 22-109 m [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246761 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comatula (Comatula) micraster 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=246761 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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