WoRMS taxon details
Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843)
AphiaID: 246763
AphiaID: 246763
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843 (basionym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Dujardin, F. & Hupé, H. (1862). Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes Echinodermes comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des asterides, des échinides et des holothurides. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 628 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=cSw4AAAAMAAJ [details] basis of record: Clark AH (1910) On the type specimen of the crinoid described by Müller as Alecto purpurea. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 23:95-98. [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] 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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Indonesia [details] Philippines [details] Singaporean Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: ZMB [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diagnosis: Comatula with up to 16 cirri of 10-14 segments. [details] Distribution: Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246763 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843). 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=246763 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||
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