Found 1 definition: comatula.
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]
Noun comatula has 1 senses
comatula(n = noun.animal) genus comatula - former usage synonymous with Antedon; Array
is a kind of antedon, genus antedon
[CIDE DICTIONARY]
comatula, n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.].
A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars. [1913 Webster]
[RELATED WORDS]
genus comatula