WoRMS taxon details
Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843)
246763 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246763)
accepted
Species
Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843) Müller J (1841b) Über den Bau des Pentacrinus caput Medusae. Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1841:177-248, pls. 1-6. [details]
Holotype ZMB
Holotype ZMB [details]
Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m)
Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2024). World List of Crinoidea. Comatula (Comatula) purpurea (Müller, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246763 on 2024-05-08
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original description
(of Alecto purpurea Müller, 1843) Müller J (1841b) Über den Bau des Pentacrinus caput Medusae. Abhandlungen Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin. 1841:177-248, pls. 1-6. [details]
basis of record Dujardin, M.F. and Hupe, M. H. (1862). Histoire naturelle des zoophytes échinodermes : comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des astérides, des échinides et des holothurides. <em>Paris: Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret.</em> 627 pages, 10 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10682151 [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1910). On the type specimen of the crinoid described by Müller as Alecto purpurea. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 23:95-98. [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Dujardin, M.F. and Hupe, M. H. (1862). Histoire naturelle des zoophytes échinodermes : comprenant la description des crinoïdes, des ophiurides, des astérides, des échinides et des holothurides. <em>Paris: Libraire Encyclopedique de Roret.</em> 627 pages, 10 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10682151 [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1910). On the type specimen of the crinoid described by Müller as Alecto purpurea. <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington.</em> 23:95-98. [details]
additional source Clark, A. H. (1931). A monograph of the existing crinoids. 1(3) Superfamily Comasterida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82. viii + 816 pp., 82 pls., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.82.3 [details]
additional source Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype ZMB [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis <Comatula with up to ~10 cirri restricted to 1-2 in each interradial angle; longest segments little longer than broad, if at all. [details]Distribution Between Fremantle and Geraldton, West Australia to Port Molle, Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 0-93 m (?292 m) [details]
