"A Revision of the Comatulid Genus Comactinia A. H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata)" by Charles G. Messing

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A Revision of the Comatulid Genus Comactinia A. H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Charles G. Messing, University of Miami

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Article

Publication Date

1-1-1978

Keywords

Crinoidea

Abstract

The formerly monotypic genus Comactinia is found to comprise two valid species. One of these is further divided into two subspecies. The variability of the genus is examined and illustrated. A discussion of ecology, affinities, and zoogeography is included.

Disciplines

Marine Biology and
Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Citation Information

Messing, Charles Garrett. "Biological Results of the University of Miami Deep-Sea Expeditions. 128 A Revision of the Comatulid Genus Comactinia AH Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata)." Bulletin of Marine Science 28, no. 1 (1978): 49-80.