Species Zygometra comata A.H. Clark, 1911

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antedon comata Graff, L. von 1887. Myzostomida. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 20(61): 1-16 pls 1-4 [2] [nom. nud., Carpenter MS name].
• Zygometra comata Clark, A.H. 1911. On a collection of unstalked crinoids made by the United States Fisheries steamer Albatross in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39(1798): 529-563 [537].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM, Philippines.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Geraldton, WA to Port Curtis, QLD; east Indo-west Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-128 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), 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

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.

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. 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] (Zygometra comata Clark, 1911 was originally published as a nom. nud.. Specimens were misidentified as Antedon elegans until A.H. Clark (1911) distinguished between the two species by resurrecting the name of Antedon comata as Zygometra comata. Clark's paper, recognised as the original description of the species, was published prior to the 1911 Thetis report although it is apparent that the reverse was intended. The Sladen Collection in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, Devon, has specimens of Zygometra comata (as Antedon elegans Bell) from the Philippines and Mergui Archipelago (Burma) ( [209]) which have been referred to Zygometra elegans by several authors and are almost certainly the original specimens on which the nom. nud. was based ( [118])

 

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)