Clarkcoma
Appearance
(Redirected from Clarkcomidae)
| Clarkcoma | |
|---|---|
| Clarkcoma canaliculata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Ophiuroidea |
| Order: | Ophiacanthida |
| Family: | Clarkcomidae |
| Genus: | Clarkcoma O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869) | |
| Species | |
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Clarkcoma is a genus of brittle stars in the monogeneric family Clarkcomidae. It has four species.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The phylogenetic tree of the family per O'Hara et al. (2017) is as follows.[3]
The genus has the following four species.[1]
- Clarkcoma australis (H.L. Clark, 1928)
- Clarkcoma bollonsi (Farquhar, 1908)
- Clarkcoma canaliculata (Lütken, 1869)
- Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928)
References
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- 1 2 Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
- ↑ "Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
- ↑ O'Hara, Timothy D.; Stöhr, Sabine; Hugall, Andrew F.; Thuy, Ben; Martynov, Alexander (2018). "Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (416). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416.