Species Clarkcomanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		11-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)