Rowemissia Messing, 2001

Summers, Mindi M., Messing, Charles G. & Rouse, Greg W., 2017, The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide, Zootaxa 4268 (2), pp. 151-190 : 184

Rowemissia Messing, 2001

Table 1

Type species. Comissia scitulus AH Clark, 1911b.

Diagnosis. Mouth central in fully developed individuals; ten arms only; centrodorsal circular, thin; cirri in 1 row; IBr2 series united by synarthry; first syzygy at 3+4 on arms arising from IBr; distal intersyzygial interval 2–4, mainly 3; distalmost pinnule comb on P5; comb tapers distally to a sharp point; proximal teeth knoblike or transverse bars, becoming paired, and single and nonconfluent more distally (Messing 2001).

Distribution. Known from one specimen: Philippines. Depth range: 106 m.

Remarks. The comb form in R. scitulus (described above) is unique in Comatulidae (Messing 2001) .