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Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

246762  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246762)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Crinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Crinoidea (Class)
  6. Articulata (Subclass)
  7. Comatulida (Order)
  8. Comatuloidea (Superfamily)
  9. Comatulidae (Family)
  10. Comatulinae (Subfamily)
  11. Comatulini (Tribe)
  12. Comatula (Genus)
  13. Comatula (Comatula) (Subgenus)
  14. Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Species)
accepted
Species
Actinometra affinis Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
Comatula cumingii Müller, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  ZMLU  
Holotype ZMLU [details]
Distribution China Sea to Philippine Islands, Indonesia and Queensland to Western Australia; Depth range : 0-73 m  
Distribution China Sea to Philippine Islands, Indonesia and Queensland to Western Australia; Depth range : 0-73 m [details]

Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Julian Rocks, New South Wales, Australia (includes Comatula purpurea); Depth range :...  
Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Julian Rocks, New South Wales, Australia (includes Comatula purpurea); Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comatula (Comatula) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246762 on 2025-04-07
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2007-10-12 11:28:29Z
created
Messing, Charles
2009-04-22 12:58:02Z
changed
Messing, Charles

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Nomenclature

original description (of Asterias pectinata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 663 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Comatula cumingii Müller, 1847) Müller, J. (1847). Uber die Gattung Comatula Lam. und ihre Arten. <em>Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.</em> 1847, 237-265., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29179081 [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] 

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Leach, W. E. (1815). The Zoological Miscellany; Being Descriptions of New, or Interesting Animals. <em>R.P. Nodder, London.</em> 2: 1-154, pls. 61-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28685302 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMLU [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comatula with cirri in a single irregular marginal row, of 10-14 cirrials, the longest up to 1.5 times longer than than broad. [details]

Distribution China Sea to Philippine Islands, Indonesia and Queensland to Western Australia; Depth range : 0-73 m [details]

Distribution Houtman Abrolhos, West Australia to Julian Rocks, New South Wales, Australia (includes Comatula purpurea); Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
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Japanese アシカケクシウミシダ  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Actinometra pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (40 records) 

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