WoRMS taxon details
Comactinia meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865)
246741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246741)
accepted
Species
Alecto meridionalis L Agassiz, 1865 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto meridionalis L Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz L in Agassiz EC and A (1865) Sea-side Studies in Natural History. Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. Ticknor and Fields, Boston., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1802 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comactinia meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246741 on 2025-05-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alecto meridionalis L Agassiz, 1865) Agassiz L in Agassiz EC and A (1865) Sea-side Studies in Natural History. Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. Ticknor and Fields, Boston., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.1802 [details]
basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comactinia with centrodorsal discoidal; radials hidden to exposed; cirri of uniform width or slightly broader distally; LW ratio of longest cirrals 1.3-1.7; distalmost comb on P2 to P5; teeth non-confluent with edge of segment [details]
