Comaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Oligophreata
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 Subordo: Oligophreata

Familia: Comasteridae
Genus: Comaster
Species: C. audax – C. meyerensis – C. multifidus – C. nobilis – C. schlegelii

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.
Eagle, M.K. 2009(2008): New comatulid crinoids from the Meyers Pass limestone member (Waitakian (Chattian)) of the Pentland Hills and Hurstlea, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Museum, 45: 101–129.
Messing, C.G. 1998. Revision of the recent Indo–West Pacific comatulid genus Comaster Agassiz. Part 1. The type species of Comaster and Phanogenia Lovén (Echinodermata : Crinoidea : Comasteridae). Invertebrate Systematics. 12(2): 191–209. DOI: 10.1071/IT97004 Reference page.
Messing, C.G. 2001. A key to the genera of Comasteridae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) with the description of a new genus. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington. 10: 277–300. Reference page.
Messing, C.G., Tay, T.S. 2016. Extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) of Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 34: 627–658. PDF Reference page.
Mohammednowshad, B., Idreesbabu, K.K., Parameswaran, U.V., Messing, C.G., Sureshkumar, S. 2020. The Shallow-water Crinoid Fauna of Lakshadweep Atolls, North-western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 4789(1): 247–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.9 Reference page.
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.