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Definition of Comatulidae
1. Noun. Former usage synonymous with Antedonidae.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comatulidae
Literary usage of Comatulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"The Comatulidae break away from the stem at a certain stage of growth. The topmost
joint of that structure then constitutes the central element of the calyx ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"The Comatulidae were his from the start ; and the stalked crinoids, which were
reserved for his personal study by the late director, will be completed by ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"Comatulidae.—Stem in the adult broken off, leaving only a stump, the centro-dorsal,
covered with cirri. Six genera. ..."
4. Zoology: An Elementary Text-book by Arthur Everett Shipley, Ernest William MacBride (1904)
"There are, however, besides these a number of species not sharply marked off from
each other assigned to a family, the Comatulidae, containing two genera, ..."
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