WoRMS taxon details
original 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]
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Diagnosis Comanthus with 19-48 arms; anterior arms often longer than posterior arms; cirri 0—XI (fewer as size increases), 10-11 segments; 5-7 distal segments bear dorsal transverse processes; centrodorsal round in small specimens to pentagonal with subradia [details]
Distribution Scott Reef West Australia to Lizard Island and Keeper Reef Queensland, Australia; Depth range : 3-20 m [details]
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