Edit the description's bibliography (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Edit the description's bibliography


Animalia: species: Comanthus parvicirrus

References that assist with identification

  • Rowe, F.W.E., A.K. Hoggett, R.A. Birtles and L.L. Vail (1986). Revision of some comasterid general from Australia (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), with descriptions of two new genera and nine new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86: 197-277. LIRS catalog number 198.
  • Summers, M. M., C.G. Messing and G.W. Rouse (2014). Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida): A new classification and an assessment of morphological characters for crinoid taxonomy, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 80: 319-339. LIRS catalog number 1813.

Other references

  • Eeckhaut, I., M.J. Grygier and D. Deheyn (1998). Myzostomes from Papua New Guinea, with related Indo-west Pacific distribution records and description of five new species, Bulletin of Marine Science, 62(3): 841-886. LIRS catalog number 557.
  • Lange, A., T. Heinzeller and U. Welsch (1995). A myzostomid invading the connective tissue of its host Comanthus parvicirrus (Crinoidea) in: Echinoderm Research 1995. Smith and Campbell (Ed.). Balkema, Rotterdam, pp. 3-8. LIRS catalog number 752.
  • Meyer, D.L. (1979). Length and spacing of the tube feet in crinoids (Echinodermata) and their role in suspension-feeding, Marine Biology, 51: 361-369. LIRS catalog number 29.
  • Meyer, D.L. (1985). Evolutionary implications of predation on recent comatulid crinoids from the Great Barrier Reef, Paleobiology, 11(2): 154-164. LIRS catalog number 167.
  • Meyer, D.L., C.A. La Haye, N.D. Holland, A.C. Arneson and J.R. Strickler (1984). Time-lapse cinematography of feather stars (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: demonstrations of posture changes, locomotion, spawning and possible predation by fish, Marine Biology, 78: 179-184. LIRS catalog number 200.
  • Vail, L.L. (1987). Diel patterns of emergence of crinoids (Echinodermata) from with a reef at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Marine Biology, 93: 551-560. LIRS catalog number 218.
  • Vail, L.L. (1987). Reproduction in five species of crinoids at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Marine Biology, 95: 431-446. LIRS catalog number 222.