Comatella stelligera (Carpenter)

Sastry, D. R. K., Marimuthu, N. & Rajan, Rajkumar, 2019, Echinodermata of Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea with the description of a new genus and a species, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (4) : -

Comatella stelligera (Carpenter)

1880. Actinometra stelligera Carpenter, P. H. J. Linn. Soc.(Zool.) , 15: 198.

1888. Actinometra maculata Carpenter, P. H. Reports of the Scientific Results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (Zool.), 26: 307. WoRMS

1971. Comatella stelligera : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms, p. 15 (key), p. 6-7 (Distribution).

1971. Comatella maculata : Clark, A.M. and Rowe, F.W.E. Monograph of Shallow-water echinoderms of Indo-west Pacific echinoderms, p. 15 (key), p. 6-7 (Distribution).

2005. Comatella maculata : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 271: 8

2005. Comatella stelligera : Sastry, D.R.K. Rec. zool. Surv. India. Occ. Paper No. 271: 9

Material: AGNN18-41. Dt. 20 .11.2018. One spec. KV-

29. Dt. 09.02.2018. One spec. KV-17 . Dt. 09.02.2018. One spec.

Description: Arms 20-45, 50-120 mm long. Distal segments of proximal pinnules flexible and form into a comb. IIIBr and IVBr only on outer side. All division series of 2 ossicles. First brachial syzygy at 3+4 P 1 on second segment. P 1, P 2 and P 3, subequal or P 2 stout and largest. Cirri more than 35 with up to 20 segments, dorsal side of cirrus segments convex or with a slight carination.

Distribution: Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Andamans and Nicobars. Elsewhere: Maldives to South Pacific Islands.