WoRMS name details
original description
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(3): 197-277. [details]
basis of record
Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Oxycomanthus with 12-35 arms (rarely >25); anterior arms may be markedly longer than posterior arms; cirri VIII—XV, 10-14 segments, with curved transverse aboral bars on distal segments; IIBr either 2 or 4(3+4); IIIBr usually chiefly 4(3+4); disk s [details]
Distribution Lizard Island, Queensland to Byron Bay, New South Wales; Depth range : 9-40 m [details]
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