Comaster distincta
creator: Messing, Charles
date: 2026-08-29
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 distincta (Carpenter, 1888)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2026). World List of Crinoidea. Comaster distincta (Carpenter, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393397 on 2026-08-29
created: 2009-04-23T10:29:30Z
is replaced by: 246802
modified: 2009-04-23T10:29:30Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Comaster distincta (Carpenter, 1888)
accepted name usage ID: 246802
class: Crinoidea
family: Comatulidae
genus: Comaster
kingdom: Animalia
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 year: 1888
order: Comatulida
parent name usage ID: 206862
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Carpenter, 1888)
specific epithet: distincta
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted