WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Messing, C. G. (1978). A revision of the comatulid genus <i>Comactinia</i> A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28(1): 49-80. [details]
basis of record
Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
Otheradditional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Large robust Comactinia meridionalis with cirri up to 18 mm long; LW ratio of longest cirrals 1.3-1.5; IBr2 and arm bases usually closely apposed; intersyzygial interval irregular, 3-7; proximal segments of oral pinnules short, aborally projecting [details]
Distribution Antillean Arc from Bahamas to Barbados and Surinam; Depth range : 58-373 m [details]
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