African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WoRMS taxon details

Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836

Comatula multiradiata Lamarck, 1816 Pari Holotypes 1006

AphiaID

206862 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206862)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Comaster multiradiatus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)

Type taxon of

Comasterinae AH Clark, 1909

Parent

Comasterini AH Clark, 1908

Synonymised names

Comanthina AH Clark, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (36)

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Species Comaster audax Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Species Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)
Species Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)
Species Comaster africana (Gislén, 1938) accepted as Comatulidae incertae sedis africana (Gislén, 1938) (synonym)
Species Comaster belli (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comaster brachycirra (Gislén, 1922) accepted as Comatulidae incertae sedis brachycirra (Gislén, 1922) (synonym)
Species Comaster brevicirra (Bell, 1894) accepted as Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Species Comaster carpenteri AH Clark, 1908 accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comaster decora (AH Clark, 1912) accepted as Palaeocomatella decora (AH Clark, 1912) (synonym)
Species Comaster delicata (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Comanthus delicata (AH Clark, 1909) (synonym)
Species Comaster distincta (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Species Comaster distinctus (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Species Comaster fruticosus AH Clark, 1911 accepted as Phanogenia fruticosa (AH Clark, 1911) (basionym)
Species Comaster gracilis (Hartlaub, 1890) accepted as Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1890) (synonym)
Species Comaster horridus AH Clark, 1911 accepted as Comissia horrida (AH Clark, 1911) (basionym)
Species Comaster imbricata AH Clark, 1908 accepted as Comanthus imbricatus (AH Clark, 1908) (basionym)
Species Comaster japonica (Müller, 1841) accepted as Oxycomanthus japonicus (Müller, 1841) accepted as Anneissia japonica (Müller, 1841)
Species Comaster minima (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1890) (synonym)
Species Comaster minimus (AH Clark, 1909) accepted as Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1890) (synonym)
Species Comaster multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Species Comaster multibrachiatus (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888) (alternative spelling)
Species Comaster multifida (Müller, 1841) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841) (alternative spelling)
Species Comaster multiradiatus (Lamarck, 1816) accepted as Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comaster novae-guineae (Müller, 1841) accepted as Phanogenia novaeguineae (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comaster parvus AH Clark, 1909 accepted as Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
Species Comaster philippinensis AH Clark, 1912 accepted as Phanogenia fruticosa (AH Clark, 1911) (synonym)
Species Comaster pulcher AH Clark, 1912 accepted as Aphanocomaster pulcher (AH Clark, 1912) (basionym)
Species Comaster schönovi AH Clark, 1918 accepted as Phanogenia schoenovi (AH Clark, 1918) (basionym)
Species Comaster scitulus AH Clark, 1911 accepted as Rowemissia scitulus (AH Clark, 1911) (basionym)
Species Comaster serrata (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Phanogenia serrata (AH Clark, 1907) (synonym)
Species Comaster sibogae AH Clark, 1912 accepted as Phanogenia sibogae (AH Clark, 1912) (basionym)
Species Comaster solaster (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Oxycomanthus solaster (AH Clark, 1907) accepted as Anneissia solaster (AH Clark, 1907)
Species Comaster taviana AH Clark, 1911 accepted as Comanthus taviana (AH Clark, 1911) (basionym)
Species Comaster tenella AH Clark, 1931 accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comaster tenellus (AH Clark, 1931) accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206862 on 2025-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-10-28 20:26:31Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-08 06:50:23Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-10-10 11:56:07Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2009-04-23 09:17:06Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2015-01-09 03:39:36Z

changed

Messing, Charles

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Nomenclature

original description Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479 [details]

original description (of Comanthina AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Vidensk. Medd, Dansk Naturhist. Foren. 61:115-195. [details]

basis of record 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]

Other

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 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 Messing CG (1998) A revision of the Recent Indo-West Pacific comatulid genus Comaster Agassiz. Part 1: The type species of Comaster and Phanogenia Lovén (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 191-209. [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Comasterinae with IIBr usually 4(3+4); IIIBr usually of 2 ossicles exteriorly and 4(3+4) interiorly; combs present at least to P₃, sometimes at intervals to P₁₄; on pinnules arising from arms (except sometimes P₁): comb te [details]

Unreviewed

Remark Type species: Comatula multiradiata Lamarck, 1816 (=Alecto multifida Müller, 1841; nom. nov. for Comatula multiradiata Lamarck, 1816, not Asterias multiradiata Linnaeus, 1758) in Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. (1986) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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