African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

ERMS taxon details

Comatula Lamarck, 1816

Comatula (Comatula) solaris Lamarck, 1816 Syn MNHN 1009

AphiaID

123350 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123350)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Comatulinae Fleming, 1828

Parent

Comatulini Fleming, 1828

Direct children (4)

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Species Comatula annulata Risso, 1826 accepted as Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym)
Species Comatula celtica M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857 accepted as Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857) (basionym (replacement name for Comatula Woodwardii Barrett, 1857, preoccupied))
Species Comatula mediterranea Lamarck, 1816 accepted as Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) (basionym)
Species Comatula woodwardii Barrett, 1857 (not of Forbes, 1852) accepted as Leptometra celtica (M'Andrew & Barrett, 1857) (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comatula Lamarck, 1816. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=123350 on 2025-05-09

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Comatula Lamarck, 1816. Accessed at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123350 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-09-08 06:50:23Z

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Martinez, Olga

2007-10-10 11:56:07Z

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Messing, Charles

2009-04-23 09:17:06Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2015-01-09 03:39:36Z

changed

Messing, Charles

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original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47698 [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 RoR) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [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]