FIGURE 8. Comaster. (A–G) Comaster schlegelii—(A) live, exposed on sediment; (B) aboral surface, showing pentagonal centrodorsal lacking cirri; (C) live, exposed on reef; (D) paired comb teeth of equal shape, well separated and confluent with edge of pinnular, tapering to pinnule tip; (E) aboral surface, showing pentagonal centrodorsal with row of cirri; (F), live, tucked within coral structure; (G) aboral surface showing centrodorsal with ring of cirri. (H–M) Comaster audax—(H–I) live, exposed on reef, (J–L) aboral surface showing centrodorsal with few cirri, yellow distally; (M) paired comb teeth of equal shape, well separated and confluent with edge of pinnular, tapering to pinnule tip. Madang, Papua New Guinea: A–B. MNHN-IE-2013- 8147; C. MNHN-IE-2013-8178; E. MNHN-IE-2013-8071. I, L. not vouchered, SIO-BIC E5998 (DNA subsample). Raja Ampat, Indonesia: D, F. SIO-BIC E6260; G. SIO-BIC E6261; H. not vouchered. K, M. SIO-BIC E6258. Lizard Island, Australia: J. AM J17567, holotype.

Published as part of Summers, Mindi M., Messing, Charles G. & Rouse, Greg W., 2017, The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide, pp. 151-190 in Zootaxa 4268 (2) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/580173