African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)

(of Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843) Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details]

Type data

Lectotype SMNH 128

Lectotype SMNH 128 [details]

, Note Durban.
C. wahlbergi in Clark &...

Unreviewed

Type locality Durban.
C. wahlbergi in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976).
I Subgenus (Bennettia) in A.H. Clark (1911).
Lectotype in Naturhistoriske Riksmuseum, Stockholm (Sweden) No. 128, paralectotype, U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 35111, No. 44 (4 specimens), No. 112, No. 130 (3 specimens), Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 1060. Type locality: Port Natal, South Africa (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m

Distribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m [details]

Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m

Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m [details]

Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range...

Distribution Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 1-103 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995; littoral and down to 25 fathoms, in dark sand, black specks and rocks in Clark (1911).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, suspension feeder (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Taxonomic citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213328 on 2025-07-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-30 19:39:51Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-06-22 17:01:53Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-10-16 13:00:04Z

changed

Messing, Charles

2009-04-23 09:17:06Z

changed

Messing, Charles

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938) Gislén, T. (1938). Crinoids of South Africa. Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. (3)17(2):1-22. [details]

original description (of Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911) Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]

original description (of Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843) Müller J (1843) Neue Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Arten der Comatulen. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 9, 131-136. [details]

original description (of Actinometra trachygaster Schmeltz, 1869) Schmeltz, J. D. E. (1869). Museum Godeffroy. Catalog IV Nebst einer beilage enthaltend: topgraphische notizen; beischreibung neuer Bryozoen von Senator Dr. Kirschenpauer zu Hamburg und einer neuen Asteriden-Gattung von Dr. Chr. Lütken zu Kopenhagen. Wilhelm Mauke Söhne, vormals Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg xxxix + [iii] + 139 + [2] pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55284954 [details]

original description (of Actinometra simplex Carpenter, 1888) Carpenter, P. H. (1888). Report on the Crinoidea collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-76. Part II. The Comatulae. Reports of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology. 26 (part 60): i-x, 1-402, pl. 1-70., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-60/README.htm [details]

original description (of Comatula orientalis AH Clark, 1907) Clark, A. H. (1907). Description of new species of recent unstalked crinoids from the coast of northeastern Asia. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 33: 127-156. [details]

original description (of Comanthus (Comanthus) samoana AH Clark, 1909) Clark, A. H. (1909). Five new species of recent unstalked crinoids. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum. 37:29-34. [details]

original description (of Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912) Clark, A. H. (1912). The crinoids of the museum fuer Naturkunde, Berlin. Proc. U.S. Natl. Museum. 43:381-410. [details]

original description (of Comanthus wahlbergi tenuibrachia AM Clark, 1972) Clark, A. M. (1972). Some crinoids from the Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology). 24(2):75-156. [details]

basis of record Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Clark, A. H. (1911). The recent crinoids of the coasts of Africa. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum. 40:1-51. (look up in IMIS) [details]

source of synonymy Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp. [details]

Other

additional source 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]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Lectotype SMNH 128 [details]

From editor or global species database

Diagnosis Comanthus with 10-38 arms; anterior arms may be markedly longer; cirri XIII—XL, 12-18 segments; centrodorsal discoidal; radials hidden or with interradial corners visible; IIBr and following brachitaxes usually 4(3+ 4), sometimes of 2 ossicles; P[details]

Distribution Garden Island (near Perth), West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland; Depth range : 1-103 m [details]

Distribution Suruga Bay to Okinawa, Japan; Depth range : 6.3-80 (?380) m [details]

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Definitions

Language	Name
Japanese	マキエダコアシウミシダ	[details]

To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Comissia ignota AH Clark, 1911)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Comanthus wahlbergii)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 28 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Alecto wahlbergii Müller, 1843)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi serratus (Gislén, 1938))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (27 records) (from synonym Comanthus wahlbergi (Müller, 1843))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (3 records) (from synonym Comissia hartmeyeri AH Clark, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 25514) (from synonym Cenolia (Cenolia) samoana (AH Clark, 1909))

From editor or global species database

Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938 SYN COPEN CRI-44

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Comissia serrata Gislén, 1938 SYN COPEN CRI-44

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