Comatula
See also: comatula
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin comatulus (“having hair neatly curled”), diminutive from coma hair.
Proper noun
editComatula f
- 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
edit- (genus): Comatula (Comatula), Comatula (Validia) - subgenera; for species see Comatula at World Register of Marine Species
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Comatulida on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Comatulida on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Comatulida on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Comatula at World Register of Marine Species