WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
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]
basis of record
Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comanthus with 10-40 arms (usually <30); anterior arms usually markedly longer than posterior arms; cirri I—XV, 9-15 segments, distal segments usually bear transverse bars or sharp tubercles; centrodorsal small discoidal; radials visible, sometimes [details]
Distribution Geographe Bay, West Australia to Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-32 m [details]
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