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Comactinia

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Comactinia
Comactinia titan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Family: Comatulidae
Subfamily: Comatulinae
Tribe: Comatulini
Genus: Comactinia
A. H. Clark, 1909
Species

Comactinia echinoptera
Comactinia meridionalis
Comactinia titan

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

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  • Charles G. Messing (2003). "Three new species of Comasteridae (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) from the tropical western Pacific" (PDF). Zoosystema. 25 (1): 149–162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-11-18. Retrieved 2008-06-11.