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Comanthus

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Comatulidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Goldfussia Norman p. 387
1908Comanthus Clark p. 203
1909Bennettia Clark p. 142
2011Comanthus Hess and Messing p. 88
2014Comanthus Summers et al. p. 336

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
familyComatulidae(d'Orbigny 1852)
subfamilyComatulinaeFleming 1828
tribeComasteriniClark 1908
genusComanthusClark 1908

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. Comanthus Clark 1908
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Subg. Comanthus (Comantheria) Clark 1909
Subg. Comanthus (Vania) Gislen 1922
Comanthus delicata Clark 1909
Comanthus gisleni Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus imbricata Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus kumi Fujita and Obuchi 2012
Comanthus multiradiata Goldfuss 1891
Comanthus parvicirrus Mueller 1841
Comanthus suavia Rowe et al. 1986
Comanthus taviana Clark 1911
Comanthus wahlburgii Mueller 1843
Comanthus weberi Clark 1912
Invalid names: Bennettia Clark 1909 [synonym], Goldfussia Norman 1891 [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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available