Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae
Alternative spelling: Comatuladae
Synonyms: Actinometridae Bather 1899, Comasteridae Clark 1908, Comasteroidea Clark 1908
Parent taxon: Comatulida according to W. Souza-Lima and C. L. deCastro Manso 2017
See also Eagle 2009, Hess and Messing 2011, Summers et al. 2014 and Ubaghs et al. 1978
Sister taxa: Bourgueticrinina, Comatulidina, Guillecrinina, Hebeticrinus, Solanocrinus
Subtaxa: Capillasterinae Comasterinae Comatellinae Comatilia Comatulides Comatulinae Phanogeniinae Rowemissia Sievertsella
Type: Comatula
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection)
• Miocene of Brazil (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence