context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Messing, C. G. (1978). A revision of the comatulid genus <i>Comactinia</i> A.H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 28(1): 49-80. [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
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
source of synonymy
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]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Comactinia with centrodorsal small, thin pentagonal; radials well exposed; cirri narrow cylindrical proximally, broader and laterally compressed distally; LW ratio of longest cirrals usually 1.7-2.0; combs to P4; teeth contiguous or slig [details]
Distribution SE Florida and Bahamas to Cabo Frio (possibly São Paulo), Brazil, including Antillean Arc and Caribbean coast of Central and South America; Depth range : 2-92 m [details]