WoRMS taxon details
Comanthus suavia Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
246750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246750)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]
Holotype AM J17275
Holotype AM J17275 [details]
Distribution Scott Reef West Australia to Lizard Island and Keeper Reef Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 3-20 m
Distribution Scott Reef West Australia to Lizard Island and Keeper Reef Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 3-20 m [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2024). World List of Crinoidea. Comanthus suavia Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246750 on 2024-11-22
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original description
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]
basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
Holotype AM J17275 [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comanthus with 19-48 arms; anterior arms often longer than posterior arms; cirri 0—XI (fewer as size increases), 10-11 segments; 5-7 distal segments bear dorsal transverse processes; centrodorsal round in small specimens to pentagonal with subradia [details]Distribution Scott Reef West Australia to Lizard Island and Keeper Reef Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 3-20 m [details]