Comatulidae

Comatulidae

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
Subfamiliae: Comatellinae – Comatulinae

Genera (incertae sedis): Comatilia – Comatulides – Hanshessaster – Palaeocomatella – Rowemissia

Name

Comatulidae Fleming, 1828: 494

Type genus: Comatula Lamarck, 1816, by subsequent designation.

References

Primary references

• Fleming, J. 1828. A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. Bell & Bradfute: Edinburgh/James Duncan: London. xxiii + 565 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida): A new classification and an assessment of morphological characters for crinoid taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80: 319–339. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.030 Reference page.