WoRMS taxon details
Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
246740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246740)
accepted
Species
Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Alecto echinoptera Müller, 1840 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Comatula echinoptera (Müller, 1840) · unaccepted > superseded combination (synony)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto echinoptera Müller, 1840) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]
Holotype ZMB 1047
Holotype ZMB 1047 [details]
Distribution SE Florida and Bahamas to Cabo Frio (possibly São Paulo), Brazil, including Antillean Arc and Caribbean coast of Central...
Distribution SE Florida and Bahamas to Cabo Frio (possibly São Paulo), Brazil, including Antillean Arc and Caribbean coast of Central and South America; Depth range : 2-92 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246740 on 2025-05-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alecto echinoptera Müller, 1840) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]
basis of record Messing, C. G. (1978). A revision of the comatulid genus <i>Comactinia</i> A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28(1): 49-80. [details]
basis of record Messing, C. G. (1978). A revision of the comatulid genus <i>Comactinia</i> A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28(1): 49-80. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
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 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]
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 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]
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
Holotype ZMB 1047 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comactinia with centrodorsal small, thin pentagonal; radials well exposed; cirri narrow cylindrical proximally, broader and laterally compressed distally; LW ratio of longest cirrals usually 1.7-2.0; combs to P4; teeth contiguous or slig [details]Distribution SE Florida and Bahamas to Cabo Frio (possibly São Paulo), Brazil, including Antillean Arc and Caribbean coast of Central and South America; Depth range : 2-92 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comactinia echinoptera)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (157 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comactinia echinoptera)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (157 records)
To ITIS
