Species Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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, 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.

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), 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

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