Comatula

comatula Translingual thumb Etymology From mul la comatulus having hair neatly curled, diminutive from la coma hair. Proper noun 1 f genus family Comatulidae family 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 Hypernyms genus ; Crinozoa subphylum subphylum; Crinoidea class class; Articulata subclass subclass; Comatulida order order; Bourgueticrinina suborder suborder; Comatuloidea superfamily superfamily; Comatulidae family family; Comatulinae subfamily subfamily; Comatulini tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Comatula (Alecto) subgenus 1, Comatula (Comatula) subgenus 1, Comatula (Validia) subgenus 1 subgenera Comatula solaris species type species; for other species see 123350. Derived terms Comatulida order References Comatulidae Comatulini 1 123350 mul Taxonomic names (obsolete)