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Comatula tenella

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae

Taxonomy
Comatula tenella was named by Goldfuss (1831) [Holotype lost. Lectotype designated by Hess (2002)]. Its type specimen is Lectotype: No. 423, Institut für Paläontologie, University of Bonn (holotype lost) and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Saccocoma, Saccoma.

It was recombined as Saccoma tenella by Jaekel (1918); it was recombined as Saccocoma tenella by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Comatula tenella Goldfuss p. 204 figs. pl. 62, fig. 1
1831Comatula filiformis Goldfuss p. 205
1831Comatula pectinata Goldfuss p. 205
1918Saccocoma filiformis Jaekel p. 92
1918Saccoma tenella Jaekel p. 92
2011Saccocoma tenella Hess and Messing p. 212

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
familyComatulidae(d'Orbigny 1852)
subfamilyComatulinaeFleming 1828
tribeComatuliniFleming 1828
genusComatulaLamarck 1806
speciestenellaGoldfuss 1831

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.

Comatula tenella Goldfuss 1831
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available