WoRMS taxon details
Nemaster AH Clark, 1909
246677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246677)
accepted
Genus
- Species Nemaster grandis AH Clark, 1909
- Species Nemaster discoidea (Carpenter, 1888) accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
- Species Nemaster insolitus AH Clark, 1917 accepted as Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888) (synonym)
- Species Nemaster iowensis Springer, 1902 accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Nemaster lineata (Carpenter, 1880) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Nemaster mexicanensis Tommasi, 1966 accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) (synonym)
- Species Nemaster rubiginosa (Pourtalès, 1869) accepted as Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clark, A. H. (1909). Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1685.493 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Nemaster AH Clark, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246677 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Clark, A. H. (1909). Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. US Nat. Mus. 36(1685), 493-507., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.36-1685.493 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Capillasterinae with brachials beyond the basal ones wedge-shaped and often longer than broad; pinnule combs present as far as P6; comb teeth single, curved, confluent with side of pinnulars closest to the arm; terminal comb tooth discrete; mou [details]
