WoRMS taxon details
Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
213328 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213328)
accepted
Species
Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843 · unaccepted (basionym)
Cenolia (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Cenolia (Cenolia) wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus samoanus (AH Clark, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (alternative spelling)
Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergi wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii multibrachia Gislén, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii serratus (Gislén, 1938) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus wahlbergii wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) · unaccepted (synonym)
Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
Commissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted
Commissia ignota AH Clark, 1911 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii multibrachia Gislén, 1938 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (synonym)
- Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii serratus (Gislén, 1938) accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (synonym)
- Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972 accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (synonym)
- Subspecies Comanthus wahlbergii wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843) Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details]
Lectotype SMNH 128
, Note Durban.
C. wahlbergi in Clark &...
C. wahlbergi in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976).
I Subgenus (Bennettia) in A.H. Clark (1911).
Lectotype in Naturhistoriske Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden) No. 128, paralectotype, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 35111, No. 44 (4 specimens), No. 112, No. 130 (3 specimens), Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 1060. Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Lectotype SMNH 128 [details]
C. wahlbergi in Clark &...
Unreviewed
Type locality Durban.C. wahlbergi in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976).
I Subgenus (Bennettia) in A.H. Clark (1911).
Lectotype in Naturhistoriske Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden) No. 128, paralectotype, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 35111, No. 44 (4 specimens), No. 112, No. 130 (3 specimens), Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 1060. Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Distribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m
Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range...
Distribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m [details]
Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m
Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m [details]
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range...
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; littoral and down to 25 fathoms, in dark sand, black specks and rocks in Clark (1911).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; littoral and down to 25 fathoms, in dark sand, black specks and rocks in Clark (1911).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213328 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938) Gislén, T. (1938). Crinoids of South Africa. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. (3)17(2):1-22. [details]
original description (of Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911) Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843) Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details]
original description (of Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869) Schmeltz, J. D. E. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV Nebst einer beilage enthaltend: topgraphische notizen; beischreibung neuer Bryozoen von Senator Dr. Kirschenpauer zu Hamburg und einer neuen Asteriden-Gattung von Dr. Chr. Lütken zu Kopenhagen. Wilhelm Mauke Söhne, vormals Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg xxxix + [iii] + 139 + [2] pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55284954 [details]
original description (of Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888) Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. <em>Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology.</em> 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]
original description (of Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907) Clark, A. H. (1907). Description of new species of recent unstalked crinoids from the coast of northeastern Asia. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 33: 127-156. [details]
original description (of Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Five new species of recent unstalked crinoids. <em>Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum.</em> 37:29-34. [details]
original description (of Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. <em>Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum.</em> 43:381-410. [details]
original description (of Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972) Clark, A. M. (1972). Some crinoids from the Indian Ocean. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology).</em> 24(2):75-156. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911) Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843) Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details]
original description (of Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869) Schmeltz, J. D. E. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV Nebst einer beilage enthaltend: topgraphische notizen; beischreibung neuer Bryozoen von Senator Dr. Kirschenpauer zu Hamburg und einer neuen Asteriden-Gattung von Dr. Chr. Lütken zu Kopenhagen. Wilhelm Mauke Söhne, vormals Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg xxxix + [iii] + 139 + [2] pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55284954 [details]
original description (of Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888) Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. <em>Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology.</em> 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]
original description (of Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907) Clark, A. H. (1907). Description of new species of recent unstalked crinoids from the coast of northeastern Asia. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 33: 127-156. [details]
original description (of Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Five new species of recent unstalked crinoids. <em>Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum.</em> 37:29-34. [details]
original description (of Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. <em>Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum.</em> 43:381-410. [details]
original description (of Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972) Clark, A. M. (1972). Some crinoids from the Indian Ocean. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology).</em> 24(2):75-156. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. <em>Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum.</em> 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Rowe FWE, Hoggett AK, Birtles RA, Vail LL (1986) Revision of some comasterid genera from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species. J. Linn. Soc. (Zool.) 86(3): 197-277. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype SMNH 128 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comanthus with 10-38 arms; anterior arms may be markedly longer; cirri XIII—XL, 12-18 segments; centrodorsal discoidal; radials hidden or with interradial corners visible; IIBr and following brachitaxes usually 4(3+ 4), sometimes of 2 ossicles; PDistribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m [details]
Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m [details]
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; littoral and down to 25 fathoms, in dark sand, black specks and rocks in Clark (1911).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Type locality Durban.
C. wahlbergi in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976).
I Subgenus (Bennettia) in A.H. Clark (1911).
Lectotype in Naturhistoriske Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden) No. 128, paralectotype, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 35111, No. 44 (4 specimens), No. 112, No. 130 (3 specimens), Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 1060. Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | マキエダコアシウミシダ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comanthus wahlbergii)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (27 records) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25514) (from synonym Cenolia (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comanthus wahlbergii)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (27 records) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25514) (from synonym Cenolia (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909))
