Comatonia cristata

Min Depth

14 meters

Max Depth

366 meters

Overall Geographic Range

North Carolina to Florida

Habitat-Biology

hard substrate
coral reef

References

Clark, A. H. 1931. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Volume I. The Comatulids. Part 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1–816.
Messing, C. G. 1981. Reclassification and redescription of the comatulid Comatonia cristata (Hartlaub) (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94(1): 240–253.
Meyer, D. L., C. G. Messing, and D. B. Macurda, Jr. 1978. Zoogeography of tropical western Atlantic Crinoidea. Bulletin of Marine Science 28(3): 412–441.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. 2009. Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-09-2024.

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