Comaster Agassiz 1836 (crinoid)
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Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae
Parent taxon: Comasterini according to M. M. Summers et al. 2014
See also Eagle 2009, Hess and Messing 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anneissia, Cenolia, Clarkcomanthus, Comanthus
Subtaxa: Comaster meyerensis Comaster multifidus
Type: Alecto multifida
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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