Clarkcoma pulchra

Clarkcoma pulchra

Clarkcoma pulchra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ophiacanthina

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Ophintegrida Ordo: Ophiacanthida Subordo: Ophiacanthina

Familia: Clarkcomidae
Genus: Clarkcoma
Species: Clarkcoma pulchra

Name

Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928)

• Original combination: Ophiocoma canaliculata var. pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928

• Type locality: South Australia, Spencer or St. Vincent Gulf.

• Holotype: SAMA K241 [1].

• Paratype: SAMA K1387 [2].

Synonymy

• Ophiocoma canaliculata var. pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928: 439–440, fig. 131.
• Ophiocoma punctata Koehler, 1930
  • Synonymised by H.L. Clark (1938: 333).
• Ophiocoma pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928; — H.L. Clark, 1938: 333–334; — H.L. Clark, 1946: 244–245.
• Clarkcoma pulchra (H.L. Clark, 1928) Rowe, 1985: 64–67, figs. 1(7–8), 2(1–2).

References

• Clark, H.L. 1928. The sea-lilies, sea-stars, brittle-stars and sea-urchins of the South Australian Museum. Records of the South Australian Museum 3(4): 361–482. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1938. Echinoderms from Australia, an account of collections made in 1929 and 1932. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 55: 1–597, 28 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1946. The echinoderm fauna of Australia. Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. No. 566: 1-567. BHL Reference page. 
• Rowe, F.W.E. 1985. A Review of the ophiocomin Genus Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970 (Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae). The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 108(1): 59–69. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Ophiocoma canaliculata var. pulchra H.L. Clark, 1928 in the World Ophiuroidea Database, accessed on August 17, 2025

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