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Comaturella pennata

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Taxonomy
Ophiurites pennatus was named by von Schlotheim (1820). It is the type species of Comaturella.

It was recombined as Comaturella pennata by Hess and Messing (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Ophiurites pennatus von Schlotheim p. 326
1831Comatula pinnata Goldfuss p. 203
1839Comaturella wagneri Muenster p. 85
2011Comaturella pennata Hess and Messing p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyPterocomidaeRasmussen 1978
genusComaturellaMuenster 1838
speciespennata(von Schlotheim 1820)

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.

Comaturella pennata von Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Comatula pinnata Goldfuss 1831 [synonym], Comaturella wagneri Muenster 1839 [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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available