WoRMS taxon details
original description
Messing CG (2003) Three new species of Comasteridae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the tropical western Pacific. Zoosystema 25(1):149-162. [details]
basis of record
Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Cenolia with up to 20 arms; stout cirri of up to 17 short segments; distal cirrals each bearing transverse aboral ridge; pinnule combs occurring as far as P8 to P19, though 1-2 more proximal pinnules may lack a comb; numerous [details]From other sources
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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