original description
Clark, A. H. (1908). Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue.</em> 52(2):199-234. [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. H. (1909). Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1685.493 [details]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present
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Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Diagnosis Comasterinae with IIBr and following brachitaxes 4(3+4) or 2; pinnule combs extending beyond P2 and sometimes at intervals to near arm tip, but restricted to near arm base in most small specimens; combs bear curved primary teeth, confluent with [details]Unreviewed
Description A genus of Comasteridae with usually more than ten arms and some or all of the IIBr division series consisting of 4 ossicles; the first brachial syzygy at 3 + 4 and the first arm pinule on Br2. [details]
Remark Type species: Comanthus intricata A.H. Clark, 1908 (=Alecto parvicirrus Müller, 1841) by subsequent designation in A.H. Clark (1908) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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