WoRMS taxon details
Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878)
393301 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393301)
accepted
Species
Actinometra pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878) · unaccepted (synonym)
Antedon pulchella Pourtalès, 1878 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Antedon pulchella Pourtalès, 1878) Pourtalès LF de (1878) Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake." Corals and crinoids. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard, 5:213-216, pl. 2. [details]
Distribution Tropical western Atlantic (range distinction between N. alata and N. pulchella not differentiated); Depth range : 10-567 m...
Distribution Tropical western Atlantic (range distinction between N. alata and N. pulchella not differentiated); Depth range : 10-567 m (?695 m) [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393301 on 2025-08-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Antedon pulchella Pourtalès, 1878) Pourtalès LF de (1878) Reports on the dredging operations of the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake." Corals and crinoids. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard, 5:213-216, pl. 2. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1921). Report on the crinoids collected by the Barbados-Antigua Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1918. <em>Univ. Iowa Studies in Nat. Hist.</em> 9(5):1-28., available online at https://archive.org/stream/universityofiowa09univ#page/n457/mode/2up [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type MCZ [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Neocomatella with stout cirri of 15-21 segments; longest proximal cirrus segments ~2x longer than wide; distal margins of brachials smooth or weakly spinose. [details]Distribution Tropical western Atlantic (range distinction between N. alata and N. pulchella not differentiated); Depth range : 10-567 m (?695 m) [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Actinometra pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neocomatella pulchella)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1160052 (CUR11562) specimen image)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Actinometra pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Neocomatella pulchella)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1160052 (CUR11562) specimen image)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To ITIS
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