Oxycomanthus benhami

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: Oxycomanthus
Species: Oxycomanthus benhami

Name

Oxycomanthus benhami (Clark, 1916: 48)

• Original genus: Comanthus
• Original status: valid subspecies of Comanthus trichoptera
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated [as 'the type specimen']
  • Description:
  • Repository: OMNZ IV2294 [ex University of Otago]
• Type locality: 'in about 15-20 feet of water at Preservation Inlet on the west coast of the South (or Middle) Island'

References

• Naughton, K.M. et al. 2014: Sympatric cryptic species in the crinoid genus Cenolia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae) delineated by sequence and microsatellite markers. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 78(1): 160–171. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.006 Reference page.  [See p. 167; Oxycomanthus benhami (nov. comb.) - holotype examined]