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Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843)

246763  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246763)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Crinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Crinoidea (Class)
  6. Articulata (Subclass)
  7. Comatulida (Order)
  8. Comatuloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Comatulidae (Family)
  10. Comatulinae (Subfamily)
  11. Comatulini (Tribe)
  12. Comatula (Genus)
  13. Comatula (Comatula) (Subgenus)
  14. Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Species)
accepted
Species
Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843) Müller J (1841b) Über den Bau des Pentacrinus caput Medusae. Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1841:177-248, pls. 1-6. [details] 
Holotype  ZMB  
Holotype ZMB [details]
Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m)  
Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246763 on 2025-05-29
Date
action
by
2007-10-12 11:28:29Z
created
Messing, Charles
2009-04-22 12:58:02Z
changed
Messing, Charles

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Nomenclature

original description (of Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843) Müller J (1841b) Über den Bau des Pentacrinus caput Medusae. Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1841:177-248, pls. 1-6. [details] 

basis of record Dujardin, M.F. and Hupe, M. H. (1862). Histoire naturelle des zoophytes échinodermes : comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des astérides, des échinides et des holothurides. <em>Paris: Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret.</em> 627 pages, 10 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10682151 [details] 

Other

additional source Clark, A. H. (1910). On the type specimen of the crinoid described by Müller as Alecto purpurea. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 23:95-98. [details] 

additional source 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] 

additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMB [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis <Comatula with up to ~10 cirri restricted to 1-2 in each interradial angle; longest segments little longer than broad, if at all. [details]

Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (14 records) 
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