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WoRMS taxon details
Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 246762
AphiaID: 246762
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteracea (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 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Actinometra affinis Carpenter, 1882 (synonym) Actinometra pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym) Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 Comatula cumingii Müller, 1847 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Leach WE (1815) The zoological miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals, v. 2. E. Nodder & Son. London. [details] basis of record: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Kerama Group [details] South China Sea [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: ZMLU [details] | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Comatula with up to ~10 cirri restricted to 1-2 in each interradial angle; longest segments little longer than broad, if at all. [details] Distribution: China Sea to Philippine Islands, Indonesia and Queensland to Western Australia; Depth range : 0-73 m [details] Distribution: Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Julian Rocks, New South Wales, Australia (includes Comatula purpurea); Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details] | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2009). Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Messing, C. World List of the Crinoidea. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246762 on 2010-09-02 | |||||||||||
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