Clarkcoma

Clarkcoma
Clarkcoma canaliculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Ophiuroidea
Order: Ophiacanthida
Family: Clarkcomidae
Genus: Clarkcoma
O'Hara, Stöhr, Hugall, Thuy & Martynov, 2018
Type species
Clarkcoma canaliculata
(Lütken, 1869)
Species
4, see text

Clarkcoma is a genus of brittle stars in the monogeneric family Clarkcomidae. It has four species.

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic tree of the family per O'Hara et al. (2017) is as follows.

Ophiacanthida

The genus has the following four species.

References

  1. 1 2 Stöhr S, O'Hara T, eds. (2026). "Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970". World Ophiuroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 November 2026.
  2. ↑ "Clarkcoma Devaney, 1970". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 7 November 2026.
  3. ↑ O'Hara, Timothy D.; Stöhr, Sabine; Hugall, Andrew F.; Thuy, Ben; Martynov, Alexander (2018). "Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification". European Journal of Taxonomy (416). doi:10.5852/ejt.2018.416.