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Comactinia
Sign in to saveComactinia is a genus of crinoids, characteristically with 10 arms, belonging to the family Comatulidae. There are three described species, two from the western Atlantic and one, Comactinia titan, recently described from the western Pacific.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassCrinoidea
- OrderComatulida
- FamilyComatulidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Comatulidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, NMV, TCWC, UF, FWRI
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Bahamas, Colombia, Philippines, Turks And Caicos Islands, Australia, French Guiana
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Comactinia is a genus of crinoids, characteristically with 10 arms, belonging to the family Comatulidae. There are three described species, two from the western Atlantic and one, Comactinia titan, recently described from the western Pacific.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Comactinia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.