Comanthus A.H. Clark, 1908b

Mohammednowshad, B., Idreesbabu, K. K., Parameswaran, Usha V., Messing, Charles G. & Sureshkumar, S., 2020, The Shallow-water Crinoid Fauna of Lakshadweep Atolls, North-western Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 4789 (1), pp. 247-265 : 251

Comanthus A.H. Clark, 1908b

Type species: Alecto parvicirrus Müller, 1841 .

Diagnosis.— A genus of Comatulidae with mouth excentric in fully developed specimens; up to 75 arms; centrodorsal circular to pentagonal; cirri in one row or absent; IBr2 united by synarthry; IIBr and subsequent brachitaxes 2 or 4(3+4); first syzygy at 3+4 on all undivided arms; distal intersyzygial interval 4; pinnule combs at intervals sometimes to near arm tip; primary comb teeth confluent with exterior edge of pinnulars, curved; smaller secondary tooth present or not; proximal comb tooth transverse, saucer-like; terminal comb tooth large, discrete (Summers, et al., 2017).