WoRMS taxon details
original description
Clark, A. H. (1909). The type of the genus Comaster. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 22:87-90. [details]
basis of record
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]
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Diagnosis A genus of Capillasterinae in which brachials beyond the basal ones are considerably wider than long; mouth is eccentric; pinnule combs may occur as far along the arm as P20, or may not extend beyond P4; combs bear a single, curved tooth on each segment, [details]From other sources
Remark Type species: Actinometra sentosa Carpenter, 1888 by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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