Comatula

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin comatulus (“having hair neatly curled”), diminutive from coma hair. === Proper noun === Comatula f A taxonomic genus within the family Comatulidae – 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): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Crinozoa – subphylum; Crinoidea – class; Articulata – subclass; Comatulida – order; Bourgueticrinina – suborder; Comatuloidea – superfamily; Comatulidae – family; Comatulinae – subfamily; Comatulini – tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Comatula (Alecto), Comatula (Comatula), Comatula (Validia) – subgenera Comatula solaris – type species; for other species see Comatula at World Register of Marine Species . ==== Derived terms ==== Comatulida === References === Comatulidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Comatulini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Comatula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Comatula at World Register of Marine Species