WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Comissia pectinifer AH Clark, 1911) Clark, A. H. (1911). A new unstalked crinoid from Christmas Island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8)7:644-645. [details]
basis of record
Messing CG (1995) <i>Alloeocomatella</i>, a new genus of reef-dwelling feather star from the tropical Indo-western Pacific (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 108:436-450, 6 fig. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]
additional source
Charles Messing (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Alloeocomatella with 10 arms; anterior ray length to 500 mm; anterior:posterior ray length ratio 2.0-2.9:1; longest segments on distal pinnules with length:width ratio up to 7:1; longest cirrus segments with length:width ratio 1.6-2.3. [details]
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