Comaster multifidus
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: Messing, Charles
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2026). World List of Crinoidea. Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213356 on 2026-08-01
created: 1998-08-06T10:08:59Z
modified: 2007-10-12T13:28:29Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
class: Crinoidea
family: Comatulidae
genus: Comaster
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1841:179-189 (also Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148).
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome second, 566 pp. Paris, Verdière.
name published in: Bell, F. J. (1882). An attempt to apply a method for formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 6:530-536, pl. 35.
name published in: Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology. 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70.
name published in: Clark, A. H. (1908). The crinoid genus Comatula Lamarck; with a note on the Encrinus parrae of Guerin. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum 33, 683-688.
name published in year: 1841
name published in year: 1816
name published in year: 1882
name published in year: 1888
name published in year: 1908
order: Comatulida
parent name usage ID: 206862
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Müller, 1841)
specific epithet: multifidus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted