WoRMS name details
Comanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881)
246744 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246744)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Actinometra alternans Carpenter, 1881 · unaccepted (basionym)
Actinometra divaricata Carpenter, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comantheria polycnemis AH Clark, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Comanthus polycnemis AH Clark, 1909 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Actinometra alternans Carpenter, 1881) Carpenter, P. H. (1881). The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 3(35): 173-217. [details]
Holotype NNM LM 1713
Holotype NNM LM 1713 [details]
Distribution Carnarvon, West Australia to One Tree Reef, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-90 m
Distribution Carnarvon, West Australia to One Tree Reef, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-90 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246744 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
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(of Actinometra alternans Carpenter, 1881) Carpenter, P. H. (1881). The Comatulae of the Leyden Museum. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 3(35): 173-217. [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 16; note: plate 20, fig. 1. [details]
basis of record 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]
new combination reference Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 16; note: plate 20, fig. 1. [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype NNM LM 1713 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comanthus with 10-~125 arms; anterior arms not markedly longer than posterior arms; cirri absent in specimens with >40 arms (except for immature cirrus buds); cirri sometimes present in specimens with <40 arms, to XI, 10-13 segments (in 10-armed sp [details]Distribution Carnarvon, West Australia to One Tree Reef, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-90 m [details]
| Language | Name | |
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| Japanese | ネジレウミシダ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25467) (from synonym Comanthus polycnemis AH Clark, 1909)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 14 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (32 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25467) (from synonym Comanthus polycnemis AH Clark, 1909)
