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Comaster africana (Gislén, 1938) 
AphiaID: 393889

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily) > Comasteridae (Family) > Comasterinae (Subfamily) > Comaster (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (synonym)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Comasteridae incertae sedis africana (Gislén, 1938)
Rank Species
Parent Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836
Source  basis of record: 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]

Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393889
Taxonomic
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2009-04-27 09:28:42Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Comaster africana (Gislén, 1938). 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=393889 on 2013-05-22
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