WoRMS taxon details
Comatella nigra (Carpenter, 1888)
246757 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246757)
accepted
Species
Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888) 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. <em>Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology.</em> 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]
Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-160 m
Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-160 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comatella nigra (Carpenter, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246757 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888) 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. <em>Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology.</em> 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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]
Other
additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]





From editor or global species database
Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Lady Elliott Island, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-160 m [details]
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comatella nigra)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (35 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comatella nigra)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (35 records)