WoRMS taxon details
Palaeocomatella difficilis (Carpenter, 1888)
AphiaID: 246800
AphiaID: 246800
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Phanogeniinae (Subfamily) > Palaeocomatella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Palaeocomatella AH Clark, 1912 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Actinometra difficilis Carpenter, 1888 (basionym) Comissia difficilis (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: 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] additional source: Hoggett AK, Rowe FWE (1986) A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A. H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88:103-142. [details] additional source: Messing CG, Améziane N, Eleaume M (2000) Echinodermata Crinoidea: Comatulid Crinoids of the KARUBAR Expedition to Indonesia. The families Comasteridae, Asterometridae, Calometridae and Thalassometridae. In A. Crosnier, ed., Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 21. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. 184:627-702, 41 fig. Paris. [details] source of synonymy: Clark AH (1913) Notes on the recent crinoids in the British Museum. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection 61(15):1-89. [details] from synonym: Carpenter PH (1888) Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 26, x + 402, 70 pls. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | Kepulauan Kai [details] Palau Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Philippines [details] | |||||||
| Specimen | Holotype: BMNH 1888.11.9.101 [details] | |||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||
| Note |
Diagnosis: Palaeocomatella with syzygies at br1+2 and br3+4 on arms arising from IIBr and following brachitaxes; no transversely oriented first comb tooth; spine on at least antepenultimate cirrus segment compressed. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246800 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Palaeocomatella difficilis (Carpenter, 1888). 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=246800 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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