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Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841) 
AphiaID: 246787

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comasterinae (Subfamily) > Oxycomanthus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Oxycomanthus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Synonymised
taxa
  Actinometra bennetti (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Actinometra brachymera Schmeltz, 1877 (synonym)
Alecto bennetti Müller, 1841 (basionym)
Cenolia bennetti (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Comanthus (Cenolia) bennetti (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Comanthus (Comanthus) bennetti (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Comanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS[details]

source of synonymy: 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]

from synonym: UNEP-WCMC Species Database, available online at http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark AH (1912) The crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 60(10):1-33. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Müller J (1841) Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841:179-189 (also Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148). [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Schmeltz JDE (1877) Museum Godeffroy. Catalog VI. Nachträge zu Catalog V. L. Friedrichsen & Co., Hamburg v + 108 pp. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Hartlaub C (1890) Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Comatuliden-Fauna des indischen Archipels. Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften und der Georgs-August-Universität zu Göttingen no. 5:168–187. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark AH (1912) The crinoids of the Indian Ocean. Echinoderma of the Indian Museum, Part VII. Indian Museum, Calcutta. iv + 325 pp. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Clark, H. L. (1946). The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 566, 567p. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution Elizabeth Reef [details]
Great Barrier Reef [details]
Kerama Group [details]
Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Rowley Shoals [details]
Scott Reef [details]
Yaeyama Islands [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes  DiagnosisOxycomanthus with 31-120 arms; anterior arms not markedly longer than posterior arms; cirri XXIII—LXI, 23-35 segments (usually 25-29); segments usually as broad as long and without aboral processes; centrodorsal large and thick, covering radials, e [details]

Distribution: Osprey Reef, West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland; Depth range :  [details]
Image 
Oxycomanthus bennetti
Oxycomanthus bennetti
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246787
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2007-10-12 11:28:29Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841). 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=246787 on 2013-05-22
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