History of changes

• Alloeocomatella Messing, C.G. 1995. Alloeocomatella, a new genus of reef-dwelling feater star from the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 436-450, fig. 1-6 [Date published 19/9/1995] [436].

  Type species:

   Alloeocomatella polycladia Messing, 1995 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Indonesia
• New Caledonia
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [159, Table 1, Fig. 1 A–D, Fig. 2]

History of changes

• Comissia pectinifer Clark, A.H. 1911. A new unstalked crinoid from Christmas Island. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7(76): 644-645 [644] [generic placement uncertain].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.4.26.9, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.

Generic Combinations

• Alloeocomatella pectinifer (Clark, 1911). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [160]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Island, and Lizard Island, QLD; tropical Indo-West Pacific, 3-23 m.

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine, tropical.

History of changes

• Alloeocomatella polycladia Messing, C.G. 1995. Alloeocomatella, a new genus of reef-dwelling feater star from the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(3): 436-450, fig. 1-6 [Date published 19/9/1995] [438, figs 1-2, 3a-d, h, 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM E44632, Chuck Atoll, Micronesia [7 31'N 151 58'E, 18 m].
  Paratype(s) USNM E44633 1 specimen, Chuck Atoll, Micronesia; USNM E44636 1 specimen, Chuck Atoll, Micronesia; USNM E44634 1 specimen, Chuck Atoll, Micronesia; BMNH 1994.5850 1 specimen, Quoi Is, Chuck Atoll, Micronesia; LACM 93-95.1 1 specimen, Otta Is [7 8'N 151 53'E, 11 m]; MNHP Ecch-16 1 specimen, Madang, Papua New Guinea; USNM E44642 1 specimen, Nagada Harbour, Papua New Guinea; USNM E44635 1 specimen, Cape Croisilles, Madang, Papua New Guinea; USNM E44637 1 specimen, Wongat Is, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

East Indo-West Pacific Ocean, 3-18 m.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Great Barrier Reef
• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Indonesia
• New Caledonia
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine.

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [159]

History of changes

• Anneissia Summers, M.M., Messing C.G. & Rouse G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 319-339.

  Type species:

   Alecto bennetti Müller, 1841 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [174, Table 1; Figs. 10–11]

History of changes

• Comanthus (Cenolia) trichoptera benhami Clark, A.H. 1916. The first New Zealand crinoid. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 48 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype OMNZ A.07.115, Preservation Inlet, South Is., New Zealand.

Generic Combinations

• Cenolia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916).
• Anneissia benhami (A.H. Clark, 1916).

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Gabo Island, VIC to Cape Jervis, SA; southwest Pacific Ocean: New Zealand. Depth range 5-35 m.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Alecto bennetti Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [187].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, RMNH, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Oxycomanthus bennetti (Müller, 1841).
• Anneissia bennetti (Müller, 1841). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [174]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Rowley Shoals, Scott Reef and Osprey Reef, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD, and from Elizabeth Reef, off Lord Howe Island; east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 8-25 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast
• Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore marine, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Cenolia bennetti (Müller, 1841))

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Oxycomanthus muelleri Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [257, fig. 9F].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z1867 (old number: 137–79), east side of Lucky Bay, Recherche Archipelago, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM Z1868 1 specimen (old number: 74–80), Hall Bank , Freemantle, WA; AM J7875.

Generic Combinations

• Anneissia muelleri (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing C.G. & Rouse G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 319-339

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Recherche Archipelago to Port Gregory, WA. Depth range 2-12 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

History of changes

• Comanthus plectrophorum Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [15, pl. 4(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E4702, east of Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS.
  Paratype(s) MCZ.

Generic Combinations

• Oxycomanthus plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916).
• Anneissia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing C.G. & Rouse G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80: 319-339

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Jervis Bay, NSW to Flinders Island, TAS, and Wanganella Bank (south of Norfolk Island), Tasman Sea; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 37-924 m.

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Cenolia plectrophorum (H.L. Clark, 1916))

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Capillaster Clark, A.H. 1909. General notes. The type of the genus Comaster. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 22: 87 [87].

  Type species:

   Actinometra sentosa Carpenter, 1888 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [165, Table 1; Figs. 5–6]

History of changes

• Capillaster asterias Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [160, pls 13(33), 82(224)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM E18334 (2 specimens), Sunda Strait, Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Port Hedland WA; Indonesia. Depth range 35-56 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: NW coast

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (Australian specimens may represent new species)

History of changes

• Asterias multiradiata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [663].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMLU, Indian Seas.

Generic Combinations

• Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle, WA to Lady Musgrave Island, QLD; Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-292 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: NE oceanic, NW oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Actinometra sentosa Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [325, pl. 66(4-7)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1888.11.9.114, Banda, Indonesia.

Generic Combinations

• Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fremantle to Monte Bello Islands, WA; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-135 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Cenolia Clark, A.H. 1916. The first New Zealand crinoid. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 29: 48 [48] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Comanthus Clark, 1908].

  Type species:

   Comatula trichoptera Müller, 1846 by monotypy.
• Comanthoides Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [241].

  Type species:

   Comanthus spanoschistum A.H. Clark, 1916 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3 [126]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [175, Table 1]

History of changes

• Cenolia glebosus Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [267, fig. 10G,H].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J12971, Split Solitary Island, near Coffs Harbour, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM J14863; AM J14914; AM J14927; AM J15327; AM J15490.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Mooloolaba, QLD to Broughton Island, NSW; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 10-28 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Lower E coast
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, subtropical, suspension feeder.

History of changes

• Comanthus spanoschistum Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [17, pl. 4(3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6299, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait.
  Paratype(s) AM E4744–5 2 specimens, east of Flinders Is., Bass Strait, TAS; AM E4751 3 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5033 4 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5106 1 specimen, NE of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM E5215 2 specimens, east of Babel Is., Bass Strait; AM J2251 1 specimen, off Noosa Heads, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Off Moreton Bay, QLD to Rottnest Island, WA and Norfolk Island; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 18-306 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comanthoides spanoschistum H.L. Clark, 1916)

McKnight, D.G. 1977. Crinoids from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(14): 129-137 (misidentified as Comanthus trichoptera (Müller, 1841))

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comanthus tasmaniae Clark, A.H. 1918. A new crinoid from New Zealand, and another from Tasmania. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 31: 41-44 [42].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 34976, TAS.

Generic Combinations

• Cenolia tasmaniae (A.H. Clark, 1918).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Byron Bay, NSW to Trigg Island, WA. Depth range 1-63 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comatula trichoptera Müller, J. 1846. Nachtrag zu der Abhandlungen über die Comatulen. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1846: 177-179 [178].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ECCH 29, King George Sound, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP ECCH 335 2 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [263].

Generic Combinations

• Cenolia trichoptera (Müller, 1846).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Byron Bay, NSW to Port Gregory, WA (LM). Depth range 0-37 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Clarkcomanthus Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [232].

  Type species:

   Comanthus luteofuscum H.L. Clark, 1915 by original designation.

Introduction

Summers et al. (2017) identified "Clarkcomanthus cf. littoralis (Carpenter, 1888)" based on molecular results and may represent an undescribed species.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [176, Table 1; Figs. 12–14]

History of changes

• Clarkcomanthus albinotus Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [238, figs 7G-H].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J17360, South Is., near Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J10160; AM J16248–9; AM J16926; AM J16986–7; AM J17032.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Torres Strait to Mooloolaba QLD, and a tentative record from Port Gregory, WA; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 3-80 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [180, Fig. 13A–J]

History of changes

• Actinometra alternans Carpenter, P.H. 1881. The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 3: 173-217 [208].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 1713, locality unknown.

Generic Combinations

• Comanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881).
• Clarkcomanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Carnarvon, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-90 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (Comantheria alternans (Carpenter, 1881), also as Comantheria briareus (Bell, 1884), in part)

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comanthus (Vania) parvicirra comanthipinna Gislén, T. 1922. The crinoids from Dr. S. Bock's expedition to Japan, 1914. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 4 5(6): 1-183 figs 1-162 pls 1-2 [51, figs 44-45] [as Comanthus (Vania) parvicirra beta comanthipinna].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIUU 265 (type coll.), Bonin Ils (Ogasawara), Taki Ura, Japan.
• Oxycomanthus exilis Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [251, fig. 9A].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J16992, North Point, Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J16956; AM J16963; AM J16994–5; AM J17588–9; AM J17592.

Generic Combinations

• Oxycomanthus comanthipinna (Gislén, 1922).
• Clarkcomanthus comanthipinna (Gislén, 1922). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [180, Fig. 13O–R]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, QLD to Byron Bay, NSW; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 9-40 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Actinometra littoralis Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [346, pl. 67(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 88.11.9.130, Banda, Indonesia.

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcomanthus littoralis (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lancelin, WA and to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 1-144 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [237] (Port Jackson, NSW as locality for a specimen (AM J2793) probably erroneous)

History of changes

• Comanthus luteofuscum Clark, H.L. 1915. The comatulids of Torres Strait: with special reference to their habits and reactions. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 8: 67-125 [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 536, Southwest Reef, Murray Is. (as Maër, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 580; MCZ 537.

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (H.L. Clark, 1915).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From North West Cape, Scott Reef, WA to Lady Musgrave Island, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-18 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Cenolia samoana (A.H. Clark, 1909) (in part)

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comanthus mirabilis Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [226, figs 6B-C].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J10310, Bird Is., near Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J16237; AM J16474–7; AM J16654; AM J17396; AM J17553.

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcomanthus mirabilis (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 3-18 m.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

History of changes

• Oxycomanthus mirus Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [255, figs 3C, 9C-D].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J17202, North Point, Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J16908.

Generic Combinations

• Clarkcomanthus mirus (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, QLD; southwest Pacific Ocean. Depth range 3-10 m.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
• Southwest Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

History of changes

• Comanthus perplexum Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [14, pl. 3(2)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6298, off Ballina, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Oxycomanthus perplexum (H.L. Clark, 1916).
• Clarkcomanthus perplexum (H.L. Clark, 1916).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island, QLD to Solitary Island, NSW. Depth range 2-110 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comanthus perplexum H.L. Clark, 1916)

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comanthus Clark, A.H. 1908. New genera and species of crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21: 219-232 [220].

  Type species:

   Comanthus intricata A.H. Clark, 1908 by subsequent designation, see Clark, A.H. 1908. Preliminary notice of a collection of Recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 52(2, 1820): 199-234 [203].
• Comantheria Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1909: 115-194 [142] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Comanthus Clark, 1908].

  Type species:

   Antedon briareus Bell, 1884 by original designation.
• Bennettia Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1909: 115-194 [142].

  Type species:

   Alecto bennetti Müller, 1841 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rasmussen, H.W. & Sieverts-Doreck, H. 1978. Articulata. pp. T813-T1027, figs 549-619 in Moore, R.C. & Teichert, C. (eds). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 3. [T883]
• Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [206]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [181, Table 1; Figs. 15–16]

History of changes

• Antedon briareus Bell, F.J. 1882. An attempt to apply a method of formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 530-536 pl. 35 [534] [original description lists only formula for distinction of species].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1887.12.31.20, Port Denison, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Comanthus briareus (Bell, 1882).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Perth, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 6-120 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Bell, F.J. 1884. Echinodermata. 117-177, 509-512, pls 8-17, 45 in Coppinger, R.W. (ed.). Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific during the voyage of H.M.S. Alert 1881-2. London : Bristish Museum. [169 pl. 17(B,a)] (fully describes species and records type locality)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comantheria briareus (Bell, 1882), in part, Comantheria rotula A.H. Clark, 1912)

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Phanogenia delicata Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of Recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1673): 391-410 1 fig. [393].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25463, east of Port Dos Amigos, Tawi Tawi, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Comanthus delicata (A.H. Clark, 1909).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Off Melville Island, NT; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 27-?183 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: N coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

History of changes

• Comanthus gisleni Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [219, figs 4B,5D].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J13304, Low Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J16937; AM J16952; AM J17016; AM J17056; AM J17483.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Geographe Bay, Rowley Shoals, WA to Mooloolaba, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-32 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Alecto parvicirrus Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [185].

  Type data:

   Neotype AM J17388, North Point, Lizard Is., QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [213].
• Actinometra annulata Bell, F.J. 1882. An attempt to apply a method of formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 530-536 pl. 35 [535, pl. 35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Cape York, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1867.5.27.5 3 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [213].
• Actinometra valida Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [314, pl. 59(3)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 88.11.9.108, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, QLD.
• Comanthus intricata Clark, A.H. 1908. New genera and species of crinoids. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 21: 219-232 [220].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Bowen, QLD.
• Comanthus annulatum xanthum Clark, H.L. 1915. The comatulids of Torres Strait: with special reference to their habits and reactions. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 8: 67-125 [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 569, Murray Is. (as Maër, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [211]

Generic Combinations

• Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cockburn Sound, Scott Reef, WA to Julian Rocks, NSW; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-28 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comanthus timorensis Müller, 1841, in part, Comanthus parvicirra (Müller, 1841))

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comanthus suavia Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [222, figs 5E-G].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J17275, between Palfrey Is. and Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J9852; AM J12663; AM J13629; AM J16978; AM J17276–8.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Scott Reef, WA and Lizard Island to Keeper Reef, QLD; New Guinea. Depth range 3-20 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Alecto wahlbergii Müller, J. 1843. Neue beiträge zur kenntniss der arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 131-136 [131].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHRM Type-4330 (old number 128), Port Natal, South Africa.
  Paralectotype(s) USNM 35111; NHRM 4331 4 specimens (old number: 44), Port Natal, South Africa; NHRM 4332 (old number 112), Port Natal, South Africa; NHRM 4334 3 specimens (old numbner 130), Port Natal, South Africa; ZMB 1060.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [230].
• Commissia ignota Clark, A.H. 1911. The Recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40(1808): 1-51 [17].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.10.16, Marie Louise Is., Amirante Group, W Indian Ocean.
• Commissia hartmeyeri Clark, A.H. 1912. The crinoids of the Museum fuer Naturkinde, Berlin. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 43: 381-410 [386].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) USNM 34946, Eig Tor, Gulf of Suez.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3 [126]

Generic Combinations

• Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Garden Island, WA to Mooloolaba, QLD and Lord Howe Island; Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 1-103 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Comanthoides spanoschistum H.L. Clark, 1916, in part)

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [230] (locality of Port Jackson, NSW for two specimens (AM J2793, J16116) collected in 1912 probably erroneous)

History of changes

• Comanthina Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1909: 115-194 [142] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Comanthus A.H. Clark, 1908].

  Type species:

   Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, 1888 by original designation.
• Comaster Agassiz, L. 1836. Prodrome d'une monographie des radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelle de Neuchâtel 1: 168-199 [193].

  Type species:

   Comatula multiradiata Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: W oceanic
• Indonesia

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [171, Table 1, Figs. 8–9]

History of changes

• Comanthina audax Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [246, figs 8E,F].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM J17567, North Point, Lizard Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM J16717; AM J16723–4; AM J16775; AM J17535; AM J17558.

Generic Combinations

• Comaster audax (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian distribution apparently known only from Lizard Island, QLD; New Guinea.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

History of changes

• Actinometra variabilis Bell, F.J. 1882. An attempt to apply a method of formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 530-536 pl. 35 [535, specific formula].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1882.2.22.118–119 4 specimens, Thursday Is. QLD.
• Alecto multifida Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [185].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP EcCh 17, probably northern Australia.
• Actinometra belli Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [334, pl. 64(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 3 specimens (whereabouts unconfirmed), Challenger stn 186, Torres Strait, Qld.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [241]

Generic Combinations

• Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South of Perth, WA to Scawfell Island, QLD; (Molluccas). Depth range 0-183 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

History of changes

• Actinometra schlegelii Carpenter, P.H. 1881. The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 3: 173-217 [210].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH 1711, Indonesia?.
• Comanthus callipeplum Clark, H.L. 1915. The comatulids of Torres Strait: with special reference to their habits and reactions. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 8: 67-125 [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 579, southwestern reef, Murray Is. (as Maër, Murray Ils), Torres Strait, QLD.
• Actinometra nobilis Carpenter, P.H. 1884. Crinoidea 1. The stalked crinoids. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 11: 1-440 figs 1-21 pls 1-62 [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1888.1.9.120, Philippines.
• Actinometra dissimilis Carpenter, P.H. 1884. Crinoidea 1. The stalked crinoids. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 11: 1-440 figs 1-21 pls 1-62 [110].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.11.19.121, Zamboanga, Philippines.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10 [244, 246]
• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [173, Fig. 8A–G]

Generic Combinations

• Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884).
• Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NW coast to Murray Island, Torres Strait to Port Molle, QLD; west Pacific Ocean.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

Extra Ecological Information

(inshore).

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E., Hoggett, A.K., Birtles, R.A. & Vail, L.L. 1986. Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 86: 197-277 figs 1-10

History of changes

• Comatella Clark, A.H. 1908. Preliminary notice of a collection of Recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 52(2, 1820): 199-234 [207].

  Type species:

   Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

History of changes

• Actinometra nigra Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [304].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts undertermined (possibly Royal Albert Museum, Exeter, UK, see Rowe (1974)), Bohol, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Comatella nigra (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-160 m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Rowe, F.W.E. 1974. Catalogue of the Sladen Collection in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London Zool. 6: 179-243 pls 1-3

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (it is probable that the Comatella species maculata, nigra and stelligera, each described by P.H. Carpenter in the same publication in 1888, will prove to be conspecific; Comatella nigra (P.H. Carpenter, 1888) has page priority)

History of changes

• Actinometra stelligera Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [308, pls 5(5a-d), 58(1-2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.11.9.104, near Kandavu, Fiji.
• Actinometra maculata Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [307, pls 5(1a-d), 55(2)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 88.11.9.103, Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Messing, C.G. 1998. Revision of the Recent Indo-West Pacific comatulid Comaster Agassiz. Part 1. The type species of Comaster and Phanogenia Loven (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 191-209, figs 1-4 [Date published 31/12/1998]

Generic Combinations

• Comatella maculata (Carpenter, 1888).
• Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Wooded Isle, Houtman Abrolhos, WA, New Year Island, NT and Lizard Island, QLD to (Port Jackson), NSW; east Indo-west-central Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-32 (?73) m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Marsh, L.M., Vail, L.L., Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1993. Part 6. Echinoderms of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island. pp. 53-65 2 tables in Berry, P.F. (ed.). Marine faunal surveys of Ashmore Reef and Cartier Island North-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 44: 91 pp.

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (it is probable that the Comatella species maculata, nigra and stelligera, each described by P.H. Carpenter in the same publication in 1888, will prove to be conspecific; Comatella nigra (P.H. Carpenter, 1888) has page priority)

History of changes

• Comatula Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [530].

  Type species:

   Comatula solaris Lamarck, 1816 by subsequent designation, see Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [302].
• Actinometra Müller, J. 1841. Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: 179-189 [180].

  Type species:

   Actinometra imperialis Müller, 1841 by original designation.
• Validia Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of crinoids from the Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 1909: 115-194 [142].

  Type species:

   Comatula rotalaria Lamarck, 1816 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rasmussen, H.W. & Sieverts-Doreck, H. 1978. Articulata. pp. T813-T1027, figs 549-619 in Moore, R.C. & Teichert, C. (eds). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 3. [T885]
• Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3 [113]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [161, Table 1, Figs. 3–4]

History of changes

• Comatula cratera Clark, H.L. 1916. I. Report on the sea-lilies, starfishes, brittle-stars and sea-urchins obtained by the F.I.S. Endeavour on the coasts of Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia. Endeavour Research 4(1): 1-123 figs 1-11 pls 1-44 [12, pl. 2(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM E6302, east of Sandon Bluffs, NSW.
  Paratype(s) AM E1631 4 specimens, east of Sandon Bluffs, NSW; AM J2227–30 4 paratypes, east of Sandon Bluffs, NSW; MCZ 4 specimens.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Port Molle, QLD to Sandon Bluffs, NSW. Depth range 22-100 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [663].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMLU, Indian Seas.
• Alecto purpurea Müller, J. 1843. Neue beiträge zur kenntniss der arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 131-136 [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1049, southwestern Australia (as Neuholland).

  Type locality references:

  Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [370].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (based on similarity in form of the oral combs; cirral number rejected as a reliable character to separate the two taxa; see also Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society Zool. 88: 103–142 figs 1–3 p. 113)

Generic Combinations

• Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Capillaster pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [164]
• Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Julian Rocks, NSW; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-93 (?292) m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Gulf of Carpentaria, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 (as Comatula purpurea (Müller, 1843))

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [6,14] (as Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Comatula purpurea (Müller, 1843))

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

History of changes

• Comatula rotalaria Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [534].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP ECCS1008 2 specimens, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes?').

Generic Combinations

• Capillaster rotalaria (Lamarck, 1816).
• Comatula rotalaria (Lamarck, 1816).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Monte Bello Ils, WA to Swain Reefs, Qld; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-70 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567 (as Validia rotalaria Lamarck, 1816)

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Comatula solaris Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [533].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MNHP ECCS1009, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes?'); MNHP ECCS1010, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes?'); MNHP ECCS1011, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes?'); MNHP ECCS1012, Australian seas (as 'les mers australes?').

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Port Curtis, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-22 m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1911. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis. Recent crinoids of Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(15): 705-804 [745] (recorded a specimen of Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758) from NSW in AM collections)

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82 [356, 359] (record op. cit. erroneous)

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Rowe, F.W.E. in Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Echinodermata. In, Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia xiii 510 pp. [Date published 30 May 1995] (two specimens in AM collection from Port Jackson identified as Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758), presumably by Clark, have been reidentified as Comatula solaris Lamarck, 1816, locality record considered erroneous)

History of changes

• Comatulella Clark, A.H. 1911. The comparative age of the Recent crinoid faunas. American Journal of Science 4 32: 127-132 [130].

  Type species:

   Comatula brachiolata Lamarck, 1816 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

General References

Clark, A.H. 1911. Crinoidea. pp. 435-467 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Fischer Vol. 3(13). [439] (lists Comatulella without type species or reference to or indication of original author, included species or distinctive characters)

Neave, S.A. 1939. Nomenclator Zoologicus: A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 1758 to the end of 1935. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. I(A–C) 957 pp. [808] (erroneously listed name as nom. nud. and erroneously recognised reference op. cit. as both original description and valid)

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [168, Table 1]

History of changes

• Comatula brachiolata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [535].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP ECCH41–1, Australian Seas.

Generic Combinations

• Comatulella brachiolata (Lamarck, 1816). —
  Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [168]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Phillip, VIC to Perth, WA. Depth range 14-18 m.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, temperate.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Leptonemaster Clark, A.H. 1909. Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1685): 493-567 [498].

  Type species:

   Leptonemaster vemistus A.H. Clark, 1909 by original designation.
• Comissia Clark, A.H. 1909. Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1685): 493-567 [501].

  Type species:

   Comissia luetkeni A.H. Clark, 1909 by original designation.
• Palaeocomatella Clark, A.H. 1912. Seventeen new East Indies crinoids belonging to the families Comasteridae and Zygometridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 25: 17-28 [18].

  Type species:

   Actinometra difficilis Carpenter, 1888 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3 [121]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [170, Table 1]

History of changes

• Comissia luetkeni Clark, A.H. 1909. Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1685): 493-567 [502] [as Comissia lütkeni].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25513, east of Port Dos Amigos, Tawi Tawi Group, Philippines.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lizard Island to Noosa Heads, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 2-113 m.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, NE coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, A.H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 3. — Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-816 pls 1-82

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Comissia norfolkensis McKnight, D.G. 1977. Crinoids from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank. Records of the New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 3(14): 129-137 [131, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZOI, off Norfolk Is. (19º24´08˜S 168º13´02˜E), Tasman Sea.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Depth range 450-578 m.

Known only from type locality.

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

Rowe, F.W.E. 1989. Nine new deep-water species of Echinodermata from Norfolk Island and Wanganella Bank, northeastern Tasman Sea, with a checklist of the echinoderm fauna. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 111(4): 257-291 12 figs 1 table

History of changes

• Phanogenia Lovén, S. 1866. Phanogenia, ett hittilis okändt slägte af fria Crinoideer. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 1866(9): 223-233 [Date published 31/12/1866] [223].

  Type species:

   Phanogenia typica Lovén, 1866 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast, Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, N coast, NE coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: W oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

General References

Rasmussen, H.W. & Sieverts-Doreck, H. 1978. Articulata. pp. T813-T1027, figs 549-619 in Moore, R.C. & Teichert, C. (eds). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 3. [T883] (raised to generic rank)

Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151-190 [169, Table 1, Fig. 7]

History of changes

• Actinometra distincta Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [295, pl. 55(1)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1888.11.9.97, `Samboanga', Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Phanogenia distincta (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Jurien Bay to Port Hedland WA; tropical, west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 18-290 (?400) m.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Lower W coast, NW coast
  • 200 mile fishing zone: W oceanic

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, inshore, marine, tropical.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Actinometra gracilis Hartlaub, C. 1893. Beitrag zur Kenntnisd der Comatulidenfauna des Indischen Archipels. Nova Acta Leopoldina 58(1): 1-120, 5 pls [Date published 31/12/1893].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown undetermined, locality unknown.
• Phanogenia minima Clark, A.H. 1909. On a collection of Recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 36(1673): 391-410 1 fig. [392].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 25469, west of Nasugbu Point, central Luzon, Philippines.

Generic Combinations

• Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1893).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known in Australia from a single specimen off Ellison Reef, QLD; west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 9-216 m.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 566: 1-567

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes

• Actinometra multibrachiata Carpenter, P.H. 1888. Crinoidea. II. The Comatulae. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 26: 1-399 pls 1-70 [299, pl. 56(3-4)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 88.11.9.99, Banda Sea, Indonesia.

Generic Combinations

• Phanogenia multibrachiata (Carpenter, 1888).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Gantheaume Bay, WA to Lady Elliott Island, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 9-190 (?538) m.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast, Great Barrier Reef, N coast, NE coast, NW coast

Oriental Region

• West Pacific Ocean

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine, suspension feeder, tropical.

General References

Hoggett, A.K. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1986. A reappraisal of the family Comasteridae A.H. Clark, 1908 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with the description of a new subfamily and a new genus. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Zool. 88: 103-142 figs 1-3

History of changes