Tribe Comatulini Fleming 1828 (crinoid)
Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae
Parent taxon: Comatulinae according to M. M. Summers et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Capillasterini, Comasterini, Neocomatellini, Phanogeniini
Subtaxa: Comactinia Comatula
Type: Comatula
Ecology: facultatively mobile intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Milburn Quarry (Oligocene of New Zealand)