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Comatula

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae

Taxonomy
Comatula was named by Lamarck (1806). It is extant. Its type is Comatula solaris. It is the type genus of Comatuladae, Comatulinae, Comatulini.

It was assigned to Comatulinae by Hess and Messing (2011); and to Comatulini by Summers et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Comatula Lamarck
1881Actinometra Carpenter p. 204
2011Comatula Hess and Messing p. 88
2014Comatula Summers et al. p. 335

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
familyComatulidae(d'Orbigny 1852)
subfamilyComatulinaeFleming 1828
tribeComatuliniFleming 1828
genusComatulaLamarck 1806

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Comatula Lamarck 1806
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Subg. Comatula (Alecto) Mueller 1846
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Comatula imperialis Mueller 1841
Comatula indica Smith 1876
Comatula jacquinoti Mueller 1846
Comatula solaris Lamarck 1816
Comatula tenella Goldfuss 1831
Invalid names: Actinometra Carpenter 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Otago) Actinometra sp. (45653)