Genus Comaster L. Agassiz, 1836
- 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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-Feb-2018 | COMATULIDA | 30-Jan-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 09-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED |