African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Comanthus AH Clark, 1908

Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841) Austral Mus Neotype J17388

AphiaID

205362 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205362)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Comasterini AH Clark, 1908

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Species Comanthus gisleni Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Species Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Species Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Species Comanthus parvicirra (Müller, 1841) accepted as Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841) (synonym)
Species Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843) accepted as Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (alternative spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Clark, A. H. (1908). Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue. 52(2):199-234. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comanthus AH Clark, 1908. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205362 on 2026-01-21

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Comanthus AH Clark, 1908. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205362 on 2026-01-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-30 19:39:51Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-08 06:50:23Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-10-10 11:56:07Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2009-04-22 12:58:02Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2009-04-23 09:17:06Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2011-02-23 10:48:32Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2015-01-09 03:39:36Z

changed

Messing, Charles

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original description Clark, A. H. (1908). Preliminary notice of a collection of recent crinoids from the Philippine Islands. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection, Quarterly Issue. 52(2):199-234. [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. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]