Three New Species of Comasteridae Echinodermata, Crinoidea from the Tropical Western Pacific

Authors

Charles G. Messing, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2003

Publication Title

Zoosystema

Keywords

Echinodermata, Crinoidea, Comatulida, Comasteridae, Indo-Pacific, New species

ISSN

1280-9551

Volume

25

Issue/No.

1

First Page

149

Last Page

162

Abstract

Three new species of unstalked crinoids (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) belonging to the comasterid genera Comactinia A. H. Clark, 1909, Capillaster A. H. Clark, 1909, and Cenolia A. H. Clark, 1916 from depths of 73-310 m, are described. Comactinia titan n. sp., from the Philippines and New Caledonia, which bears thicker arms than any other comasterid, is the first representative of its genus recorded outside the tropical western Atlantic. Capillaster squarrosus n. sp., from Vanuatu, resembles C. multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) but has uniquely modified arms. Cenolia amezianeae n. sp., from southern New Caledonia and Vanuatu, resembles its congeners but bears combs on pinnules as far as P₁₉ (rather than just to P₄ as in other Cenolia), which requires an emendation of the generic diagnosis.

Comments

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NSUWorks Citation

Charles G. Messing. 2003. Three New Species of Comasteridae Echinodermata, Crinoidea from the Tropical Western Pacific .Zoosystema , (1) : 149 -162. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facarticles/129.