Comatulides

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 : 184-185

Comatulides AH Clark, 1918a

Table 1

Type species. Comanthus decameros AH Clark, 1908f.

Diagnosis. Mouth excentric in fully developed individuals; ten arms only; centrodorsal circular, cirri in 3 rows; IBr2 series united by synarthry; first syzygy at 3+4 on undivided arms; distal intersyzygial interval 3–5; distalmost pinnule comb on P3; comb teeth loosely constructed of numerous irregular spinules joined basally and flaring outward.

Distribution. Tropical Indo-western Pacific from southern Indonesia (Rote I. and Kepulauan Kai) to Ogasawara (Bonin) Is., Japan. Depth range: 311– 984 m.

Remarks. Comatulides decameros possesses comb teeth in the form of irregular spinules not found in any other Comatulidae .