Marine Species Traits - Comactinia titan Messing, 2003

WoRMS taxon details

Comactinia titan Messing, 2003

AphiaID

246743 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246743)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Comactinia AH Clark, 1909

Original name

Comactinia titan Messing, 2003

Environment

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

Original description

Messing CG (2003) Three new species of Comasteridae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the tropical western Pacific. Zoosystema 25(1):149-162. [details]

Type data

Holotype MNHN EcCh 186

Holotype MNHN EcCh 186 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comactinia titan Messing, 2003. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246743 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-10-12 11:28:29Z

created

Messing, Charles

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Messing CG (2003) Three new species of Comasteridae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the tropical western Pacific. Zoosystema 25(1):149-162. [details]

basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype MNHN EcCh 186 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Extremely large, robust Comactinia with cirri up to 31 mm long; LW ratio of longest cirrals 1.0; proximal brachials with strong alternating articular tubercles; proximal segments of proximal pinnules smooth, cylindrical or rounded rhombic; distalmo [details]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comactinia titan)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)