Comatula

Comatula

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin comatulus (“having hair neatly curled”), diminutive from coma hair.

Proper noun

Comatula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the class Crinoidea – certain feather stars, that, when young, are fixed by a stem to a surface, when adult, are detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Comatula (Comatula), Comatula (Validia) - subgenera; for species see Comatula at World Register of Marine Species

Derived terms

• Comatulida

References

• Comatulida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Comatulida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Comatulida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Comatula at World Register of Marine Species