Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Ophiuroidea > Subclass Myophiuroida > Infraclass Metophiurida > Superorder Ophintegrida > Order Ophiacanthida > Suborder Ophiacanthina > Family Clarkcomidae

Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928)

Literature

original description

Devaney, D. M. (1970). Studies on ophiocomid brittlestars. I. A new genus (Clarkcoma) of Ophiocominae with a re-evaluation of the genus Ophiocoma. Smithson. Contr. Zool. 51: 1-41.

basis of record

Stöhr Sabine

additional source

Rowe, F.W.E. 1985. A review of the ophiocomin genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(1): 59-69.

taxonomy source

O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. European Journal of Taxonomy. (416).

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Citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970. 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:242487

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:242487

Last modified

2018-03-21 by Sabine Stöhr

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