Comanthus Clark 1908 (crinoid)

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae

Synonyms: Bennettia Clark 1909, Goldfussia Norman 1891

Parent taxon: Comasterini according to M. M. Summers et al. 2014

See also Hess and Messing 2011

Sister taxa: Anneissia, Cenolia, Clarkcomanthus, Comaster

Subtaxa: Comanthus (Comantheria) Comanthus (Vania) Comanthus briareus Comanthus delicata Comanthus gisleni Comanthus imbricata Comanthus intricata Comanthus kumi Comanthus multiradiata Comanthus novaezealandiae Comanthus parvicirrus Comanthus suavia Comanthus taviana Comanthus wahlburgii Comanthus weberi

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Type: Alecto parvicirrus

Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Comanthus in the database

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