54 Species in Family Comatulidae
Nominal species list for Comatulidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Anneissia bennetti (Müller, 1841) Bennett's feather star
Anneissia grandicalyx (Carpenter, 1882)
Anneissia intermedia (Clark, 1916)
Anneissia japonica (Müller, 1841)
Capillaster asterias Clark, 1931
Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890)
Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888)
Cenolia benhami (Clark, 1916)
Cenolia spanoschistum (Clark, 1916)
Clarkcomanthus alternans (Carpenter, 1881)
Clarkcomanthus comanthipinna (Gislén, 1922)
Clarkcomanthus exilis (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986)
Clarkcomanthus littoralis (Carpenter, 1888)
Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (Clark, 1915)
Comatella maculata (Carpenter, 1888)
Comatella nigra (Carpenter, 1888)
Comatella stelligera (Carpenter, 1888)
Comatula micraster Clark, 1909
Comatula pectinata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Comatula purpurea (Müller, 1843)
Comatula rotalaria Lamarck, 1816
Comatula solaris Lamarck, 1816
Comissia littoralis (Clark, 1912)
Comissia peregrina (Bell, 1894)
Comissia venustus (Clark, 1909)
Comactinia echinoptera (Müller, 1840)
Comactinia meridionalis (Agassiz, 1865)
Comactinia titan Messing, 2003
Comanthoides gillstromi McKnight, 1977
Comanthus briareus (Bell, 1882)
Comanthus delicata (Clark, 1909)
Comanthus gisleni Rowe et al., 1986
Comanthus novaezealandiae Clark, 1931
Comanthus parvicirrus (Müller, 1841)
Comanthus suavia Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843)
Comaster audax Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986
Comaster brevicirrus (Bell, 1894)
Comaster distinctus (Carpenter, 1888)
Comaster minima (Clark, 1909)
Comaster multibrachiatus (Carpenter, 1888)
Comaster multifidus (Müller, 1841)
Comaster nobilis (Carpenter, 1884) Noble feather star
Comaster schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881)
Comaster tenellus Clark, 1931
Davidaster discoideus (Carpenter, 1888)
Davidaster rubiginosus (Pourtalès, 1869) Striped feather star
Nemaster grandis Clark, 1909
Neocomatella europaea Clark, 1913
Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtalès, 1878)
Palaeocomatella difficilis (Carpenter, 1888)
Palaeocomatella hiwia McKnight, 1977
Phanogenia gracilis (Hartlaub, 1893)
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