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Comatula purpurea in life
In life — Purple feather star, photographed by an iNaturalist observer, not this specimen. (c) Dan Monceaux, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dan Monceaux
BPBM 2640Invertebrate Zoology

Comatula purpurea

Purple feather star

As recorded: Comatula purpurea (Müller, 1843)

Animalia › Echinodermata › Crinoidea › Comatulida › Comatulidae

Collected by
B.R. Wilson
Locality
Wallabi Group; Abrolhos; W side of Goss Passage; across from Beacon Island
Island
Western Australia
Region
Australia
Depth
110 m
Identified by
D.M. Devaney
Record type
Preserved specimen
2 Bishop specimens of Comatula purpureaSpecies page ›

Cite this specimen

Comatula purpurea. BPBM 2640. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36105358. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/w/2640.

Record sources