Morphotaxonomy of shallow water Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae) collected from Jiwani (Makran coast, Pakistan)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ghory, Farhana S, Tahera, Qaseem, De Los Ríos-Escalante, Patricio R (2023): Morphotaxonomy of shallow water Comanthus wahlbergii (Müller, 1843) (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comasteridae) collected from Jiwani (Makran coast, Pakistan). Species (e 51 s 1545) 24 (73): 1-6, DOI: 10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e51s1545, URL: doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v24i73/e51s1545 ABSTRACT Crinoidea is the class of marine animals composed of crinoids, which comprises the feather-stars or sea-lilies.

Vast arrays of living and extinct species are found in shallow water to great depths in this most primitive of living classes of Echinodermata (Pandian, 2018). Many species of stalked crinoids live in deep seas and a few are sessile, which are exhibited on rocky beaches. There are a variety of colors, from the most vibrant animals to the pale or colorless.