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Comactinia

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Comactinia
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Comactinia

Species

Comactinia echinoptera
Comactinia meridionalis
Comactinia titan

Comactinia is a genus of crinoids, characteristically with 10 arms, belonging to the family Comasteridae. There are three described species, two from the western Atlantic and one, Comactinia titan, recently described from the western Pacific.

References

  • Charles G. Messing (2003). "Three new species of Comasteridae (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) from the tropical western Pacific" (PDF). Zoosystema. 25 (1): 149–162.