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WoRMS taxon detailsComaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)
246755 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246755)
accepted
Species
Actinometra dissimilis Carpenter, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884 · unaccepted (basionym)
Comanthina nobilis (Carpenter, 1884) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine,
(of Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884) Carpenter, P. H. (1884). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part I. The Stalked Crinoids. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 32): i-xii, 1-442, pl. 1-62., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-32/README.htm [details]
Holotype BMNH 1888.1.9.120
Holotype BMNH 1888.1.9.120 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246755 on 2025-05-27
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884) Carpenter, P. H. (1884). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part I. The Stalked Crinoids. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 32): i-xii, 1-442, pl. 1-62., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-32/README.htm [details] original description (of Actinometra dissimilis Carpenter, 1884) Carpenter, P. H. (1884). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Part I. The Stalked Crinoids. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 32): i-xii, 1-442, pl. 1-62., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-32/README.htm [details] basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] Taxonomysource of synonymy
Messing CG (1998) A revision of the Recent Indo-West Pacific comatulid genus <i>Comaster</i> Agassiz. Part 1: The type species of <i>Comaster</i> and <i>Phanogenia</i> Lovén (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 191-209. [details]
 Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1888.1.9.120 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comaster with cirri 0—V; proximal aboral surface usually heavily plated, smooth; arms 50-140; combs of pinnules arising from brachitaxes often with one tooth per segment; combs of pinnules arising from brachials, except sometimes P1, bea [details]
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Comanthina nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Comanthina nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1884) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Comanthina nobilis (Carpenter, 1884)) |
