Comanthus gisleni Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles, and Vail, 1986

Kogo, Ichizo, Fujita, Toshihiko & Kubodera, Tsunemi, 2019, Shallow-water Comatulids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from Ambon and Lombok Islands, Indonesia, Species Diversity 24, pp. 229-246 : 238

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.12782/specdiv.24.229
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738289
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0EE12-FF80-FFA7-FF19-FBAFFCBBFEC3
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Comanthus gisleni Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles, and Vail, 1986
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Comanthus gisleni Rowe et al., 1986: 219 , figs 4b, 5d; Vail 1987: 555; Fabricius 1994: 1228 (table); Messing 1994: 239 (list), 1998b: 189 (table); Rowe and Gates 1995: 144; Kogo 1998: 35, fig. 28; 2002: 10; MarshallCrossland and Price 1999: 26; Lane et al. 2000: 476 (table); Kogo and Fujita 2005: 332; Mekhova and Britayev 2012: 915, fig. 6; Summers et al. 2014: 337.

Material examined. 1 specimen. Ambon Is. NSMT E-8179 (1 specimen), Eri, 10 m, December 4, 1992 .

Description. Centrodorsal thin discoidal, roundish in aboral view, 3 mm across, 0.3 mm thick, with cirrus sockets in 1 aligned row. Cirri XIV, including 2 rudimentary ones, 13– 14, 7– 8 mm long. Longest cirrals (5 th –6 th) 1.3 times longer than wide; cirrals beyond 7 th shorter than wide with blunt aboral crest. Radials trapezoidal, in contact laterally. IBr 2: Ibr 1 trapezoidal, in contact laterally at base; Ibr 2 (axil) low triangular, free laterally. IIBr 2, rarely 4(3+4). IIIBr 4(3+4), rarely 2. Arms 28, 65–85 mm long; first syzygy at br 3+4. PII longest, 14 mm long, of about 40 segments; combs of about 6 teeth confluent with outer edge of pinnulars; first comb tooth transverse. Pinnule combs to middle, often to distal pinnules. Middle pinnulars of distal pinnule fringed with small distal spines.

Distribution. Sri Lanka, Sumatra ( MarshallCrossland and Price 1999); southern Vietnam ( Mekhova and Britayev 2012); Thailand, western, northern, and eastern Australia, Coral Sea, Melanesia ( Rowe et al. 1986); Timor Sea ( Rowe and Gates 1995); Borneo ( Lane et al. 2000); Sulu Sea, Papua New Guinea ( Messing 1994, 1998b); Great Barrier Reef ( Vail 1987; Fabricius 1994); Japan ( Rowe et al. 1986; Kogo 2002; Kogo and Fujita 2005). Depth range: 0–32 m ( Rowe et al. 1986).