Capillaster AH Clark 1909

Capillaster is a genus of crinoids. It contains the following species:

Capillaster asterias AH Clark, 1931 Capillaster gracilicirra AH Clark, 1912 Capillaster macrobrachius (Hartlaub, 1890) Capillaster mariae (AH Clark, 1907) Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888) Capillaster squarrosus Messing, 2003 Capillaster tenuicirrus AH Clark, 1912

A genus of Capillasterinae in which brachials beyond the basal ones are considerably wider than long; mouth is eccentric; pinnule combs may occur as far along the arm as P20, or may not extend beyond P4; combs bear a single, curved tooth on each segment,