Marine Species Traits - Comactinia meridionalis meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865)

WoRMS taxon details

Comactinia meridionalis meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865)

AphiaID

393549 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393549)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Comactinia meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Type data

Lectotype MCZ 33

Lectotype MCZ 33 [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution SE United States from Cape Lookout, NC, throughout the Caribbean to Surinam (possibly São Paulo, Brazil); Depth range :...

Distribution SE United States from Cape Lookout, NC, throughout the Caribbean to Surinam (possibly São Paulo, Brazil); Depth range : 3-190 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comactinia meridionalis meridionalis (L. Agassiz, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393549 on 2025-05-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-04-23 09:17:06Z

created

Messing, Charles

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Messing, C. G. (1978). A revision of the comatulid genus Comactinia A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). Bulletin of Marine Science. 28(1): 49-80. [details]

Other

additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Lectotype MCZ 33 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Comactinia meridionalis with cirri to 11 m long; LW ratio of longest cirrals 1.5-1.7; IBr2 rarely closely apposed; intersyzygial interval usually 3; distalmost comb-bearing pinnule P₂ or P₃; teeth strong or weak. [details]

Distribution SE United States from Cape Lookout, NC, throughout the Caribbean to Surinam (possibly São Paulo, Brazil); Depth range : 3-190 m [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (88 records)