Definition of Comatula. Meaning of Comatula. Synonyms of Comatula

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Definition of Comatula

Comatula
Comatula Co*mat"u*la (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zo["o]l.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.

Meaning of Comatula from wikipedia

- Comatula solaris is a species of the family comatulidae. It is a member of the class crinoidea, commonly known as the feather star. There are 550 living...
- capensis Bell, 1905 Antedon carinata (Lamarck, 1816) Comatula carinata Lamarck, 1816 (basionym) Comatula picta ****, 1854 Tropiometra audouini AH Clark, 1911...
- name Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) Synonyms Antedon adriatica AH Clark, 1911 Comatula annulata Risso, 1826 Comatula mediterranea Lamarck, 1816...
- europaea Leach, 1815 Antedon gorgonia de Freminville, 1811 Antedon maroccana AH Clark, 1910 Asterias bifida Pennant, 1777 Comatula rosacea Fleming, 1828...
- Comatella maculata Comatella nigra Comatella stelligera Comatula pectinata Comatula purpurea Comatula solaris Comatulella brachiolata Zygometra comata Zygometra...
- saxipotens (Wollaston, 1878) Synonyms † Plebecula comatula (F. Sandberger, 1871): synonym of † Pseudoleptaxis comatula (F. Sandberger, 1871) † Plebecula declivis...
- Comatulini Fleming, 1828 genus Comactinia AH Clark, 1909 -- 3 species genus Comatula Lamarck, 1816 -- 7 species tribe Neocomatellini Summers, Messing, Rouse...
- Leptometra Species: L. celtica Binomial name Leptometra celtica McAndrew & Barrett, 1857 Synonyms Comatula woodwardii Barrett, 1857 (not of Forbes, 1852)...
- (Mello-Leitão, 1947) – Brazil Mopiopia bruneti (Simon, 1903) – Brazil Mopiopia comatula Simon, 1902 (type) – Brazil Mopiopia gounellei (Simon, 1902) – Brazil Mopiopia...
- Society of London 3: 356-358, 1835 Memoir on the Star-fish of the Genus Comatula, Demonstrative of the Pentacrinus Europaeus Being the Young of Our Indigenous...