Capillaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Comatuloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Classis: Crinoidea Subclassis: Articulata Ordo: Comatulida Superfamilia: Comatuloidea

Familia: Comatulidae
Subfamilia: Comatulinae
Tribus: Capillasterini
Genus: Capillaster
Species: C. asterias – C. gracilicirrus – C. macrobrachius – C. mariae – C. multiradiatus – C. sentosus – C. squarrosus – C. tenuicirrus

Name

Capillaster A.H. Clark, 1909

Type species: Actinometra sentosa Carpenter, 1888

References

Primary references

• Clark, A.H 1909. The type of the genus Comaster. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 22: 87. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Capillaster p. 87]

Additional references

• Clark, A.H. 1909. Revision of the crinoid family Comasteridae, with description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 36(1685): 493–507. BHL Reference page.  [p. 503]
• Messing, C.G., Tay, T.S. 2016. Extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) of Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 34: 627–658. PDF Reference page.  [p. 633]
• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.1. Reference page.  [p. 165–168]