Comatula
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin comatulus (“having hair neatly curled”), diminutive from coma hair.
Proper noun
Comatula 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
- (genus): Comatula (Comatula), Comatula (Validia) - subgenera; for species see Comatula at World Register of Marine Species
Derived terms
References
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- Comatula at World Register of Marine Species
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