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Deep-Sea taxon details

Comasteridae AH Clark, 1908 
AphiaID: 123150

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Comasteroidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Comasteroidea
Sources  original description: Clark AH (1908) New genera of unstalked crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21:125-136. [details]

basis of record: 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]

basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS[details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Subfamily Capillasterinae AH Clark, 1909
  » Genus Davidaster Hoggett & Rowe, 1986
» Genus Nemaster AH Clark, 1909
Subfamily Comasterinae AH Clark, 1909
  » Genus Cenolia AH Clark, 1916
» Genus Comanthus AH Clark, 1908
» Genus Oxycomanthus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Subfamily Phanogeniinae White & Messing, 2001
  » Genus Neocomatella AH Clark, 1909

Subfamily Comasteridae incertae sedis (temporary name)
  » Genus Comactinia AH Clark, 1909
» Genus Comatilia AH Clark, 1909
» Genus Comatulides AH Clark, 1918
» Genus Comissia Clark, 1909
» Genus Leptonemaster
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Description: Same characters as superfamily Comasteroidea. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123150
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2007-10-10 10:48:29Z  changed  Messing, Charles
2011-02-23 10:48:32Z  changed  Messing, Charles
2012-10-24 00:54:53Z  changed  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Comasteridae AH Clark, 1908. In: Messing, C. (2013) World List of Crinoidea. Accessed through: Glover, A.G., Higgs, N., Horton, T. (2013) World Register of Deep-Sea species at http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123150 on 2013-05-21
  
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