The Shallow-water Crinoid Fauna of Lakshadweep Atolls, North-western Indian Ocean Author Mohammednowshad, B. Department of Science and Technology, Kavaratti- 682555, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. & School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi, 682506 Kerala, India. Author Idreesbabu, K. K. Department of Science and Technology, Kavaratti- 682555, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, India. Author Parameswaran, Usha V. Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Kendriya Bhavan, Kakkanad, Kochi- 682 037, Kerala, India. Author Messing, Charles G. Nova Southeastern University, Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, 8000 N Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004 USA. Author Sureshkumar, S. School of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Panangad, Kochi, 682506 Kerala, India. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-08 4789 1 247 265 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.9 1175-5326 3884945 376263E2-07B2-4B4B-A8E3-C718FE0FC969 Comatella A.H. Clark, 1908b Type species.— Actinometra nigra Carpenter, 1888 . Diagnosis.— A genus of Comatulidae with mouth excentric in fully developed specimens; centrodorsal circular, well-developed, and bearing cirri; IBr2 series united by synarthry; IIBr and beyond of two ossicles; arms arising from IBr with first syzygy at 3+4; arms arising from IIBr and beyond with first syzygy at 1+2 and/or 3+4; distal intersyzygial interval 4; distal-most pinnule comb on P6; comb teeth triangular, confluent with interior side of pinnule, diminishing in size distally, and tapering to blunt tip (from Summers et al. 2017 ).