''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid
echinoderms
An echinoderm () is any animal of the phylum Echinodermata (), which includes starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers, as well as the sessile sea lilies or "stone lilies". While bilaterally symmetrical as larv ...
(feather stars) belonging to the family
Comatulidae
Comatulidae is a family of comatulid crinoids. Since 2015, it replaces the family Comasteridae.
Description and characteristics
This family is of recent restoration, and still has no consensual description. However the description of the fam ...
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The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
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Comanthus briareus
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*'' Comanthus briareus''
*'' Comanthus delicata''
*'' Comanthus g ...
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Comanthus delicata
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*'' Comanthus delicata''
*'' Comanthus gi ...
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Comanthus gisleni
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*'' Comanthus gis ...
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Comanthus imbricatus
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*''Comanthus gisl ...
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Comanthus kumi
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*''Comanthus gisl ...
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Comanthus novaezealandiae
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*''Comanthus gisl ...
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Comanthus parvicirrus
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*''Comanthus gisl ...
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Comanthus scintillus''
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Comanthus suavia''
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Comanthus taviana''
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Comanthus wahlbergii
''Comanthus'' is a genus of crinoid echinoderms (feather stars) belonging to the family Comatulidae.
The species of this genus are found in Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species:
*''Comanthus briareus''
*''Comanthus delicata''
*''Comanthus gisl ...
'' the "common feather star", known from False Bay to Mozambique, and Vema seamount in the South Atlantic, intertidal to 47m, usually 10 to 22 blunt tipped arms, variably coloured, sometimes variegated, mouth offset, anus central.
[Jones, Georgina. ''A Field Guide to the Marine Animals of the Cape Peninsula.'' SURG, Cape Town, 2008. ][Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E (2005): ''Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa'' ]
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Comanthus weberi''
References
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Comatulidae
Crinoid genera