WoRMS name details
Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
393533 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:393533)
unaccepted > superseded combination (synonym)
Species
Actinometra Müller, 1841 accepted as Comatula Lamarck, 1816
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto echinoptera Müller, 1840) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Actinometra echinoptera (Müller, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=393533 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Alecto echinoptera Müller, 1840) Müller, J. (1841). Über die Gattungen und Arten der Comatulen. <em>Monatsberichte Königlich Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1841:179-189 (also <i>Archiv für Naturgeschichte</i>, Jahrg. 7, v. 1, Berlin, 1841, p. 139–148)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11051739 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Carpenter, P. H. (1881) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78), the Caribbean Sea (1878–79), and the east coast of the United States (1880). XVI. Preliminary report on the Comatulae. <i>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard</i> 9(4):1–20, pl 1. [details]
