Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata

Comatulida Clark, 1908

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Order group names

*Antedonoidea*	Norman, 1865	taxonomically included in
*Atelecrinoidea*	Bather, 1899	taxonomically included in
*Bourgueticrinina*	Sieverts-Doreck, 1953	taxonomically included in
*Comatulida incertae sedis*		taxonomically included in; temporary name
*Comatuloidea*	Fleming, 1828	taxonomically included in
*Himerometroidea*	AH Clark, 1908	taxonomically included in
*Tropiometroidea*	AH Clark, 1908	taxonomically included in
*Comatulidina*	AH Clark, 1908	synonym

Children

Antedonoidea Norman, 1865
Atelecrinoidea Bather, 1899
Bourgueticrinina Sieverts-Doreck, 1953
Comatulida incertae sedis
Comatuloidea Fleming, 1828
Himerometroidea AH Clark, 1908
Tropiometroidea AH Clark, 1908

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウミシダ目 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: hårstjärnor

Literature

basis of record	Hess H, Messing CG (2011) Comatulida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146.
additional source	Rouse, G. W.; Jermiin, L. S.; Wilson, N. G.; Eeckhaut, I.; Lanterbecq, D.; Oji, T.; Young, C. M.; Browning, T.; Cisternas, P.; Helgen, L. E.; Stuckey, M.; Messing, C. G. (2013). Fixed, free, and fixed: The fickle phylogeny of extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) and their Permian–Triassic origin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(1): 161-181.
additional source	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.

Genbank

Citation

Messing, C.; Gondim, A.I.; Markello, K.; Poatskievick Pierezan, B.; Taylor, K.; Eléaume, M. (2025). World List of Crinoidea. Comatulida. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123093