Species Comatula cratera H.L. Clark, 1916

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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