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Geographical range. From the Aru Islands and northern Australia south to 

 Baudin Island, Western Australia, and Port Molle, Queensland. 



Bathymetrical range. From the shore line down to 69.4 meters. 



COMATULA ROTALARIA (Lamarck) 



Plate 32, Figure 98 



[See also vol. 1, pt. 1, fig. 78 (dorsal view of young), p. 131; figs. 151-159 (centrodorsal) , p. 221; 

 fig. 162 (dorsal view), p. 223; fig. 181 (dorsal view), p. 233; fig. 239 (ventral view of centro- 

 dorsal), p. 249; fig. 305 (3 united radials), p. 264; fig. 419 (basal ray), p. 321; pt. 2, fig. 121 (di- 

 vision series), p. 79; fig. 249 (arm), p. 199; figs. 391, 392 (arm tip), p. 245; figs. 629-631 (comb), 

 p. 319; fig. 688 (disk), p. 341; pi. 1, figs. 958, 959 (radials); pi. 8, fig. 1020 (analysis of arm 

 division); pi. 57, fig. 1364 (disk)] 



Comatula rolalario LAMARCK, Hist. nat. des animaux sans vertebres, vol. 2, 1816, p. 534 (descrip- 

 tion; Australian Seas). LAMOUROUX, Encyclop. me'thodique, vol. 2, 1824, p. 205 (from 

 Lamarck). DUJARDIN, in DESHAYES and MILNE-ED WARDS, Hist. nat. des animaux sans 

 vertebres, ed. 3, vol. 1, 1837, p. 471 (from Lamarck). DESHAYES and MILNE-EDWARDS, 

 Hist. nat. des animaux sans vertebres, ed. 2, vol. 3, 1840, p. 210 (from Lamarck). DUJARDIN 

 and HOPE, Hist. nat. des zoophytes, Echinodermes, 1862, p. 204 (synonymy; description; 

 Australia). P. H. CARPENTER, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879 p. 5 (mouth 

 excentric or even marginal). A. H. CLARK, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 39, 1911, p. 536 (types 

 at Paris represent the species called jukesii by Carpenter and paucicirra by Bell); vol. 40, 1911, 

 p. 19 (considered by Carpenter the same as parvicirra; but the types at Paris are conspecific 

 with jukesii and paucicirra; Die Fauna Siidwest-Australians, vol. 3, Lief. 13, 1911, p. 437 

 (northwest Australia, 8-15 fathoms); p. 440 (tropical Australian species occurring south to 

 Holothuria Bank and Port Molle); p. 443 (range on east coast); p. 444 (range on west coast); 

 p. 445 (summary of west Australian records); Bull, du mus. d'hist. nat., Paris, 1911, No. 4, 

 p. 244 (identity); p. 247 (includes jukesii and paucicirra; Australian Seas; record of the types); 

 Memoirs Australian Mus., vol. 4, 1911, p. 710 (history); p. 717( known to P. H. Carpenter 

 from Australia); p. 721 (occurs south to Port Molle); p. 723 (northwest Australia; Holothuria 

 Bank); p. 724 (peculiar to north Australia); p. 732 (in key); p. 739 (annotated synonymy; 

 characters; Albany Passage; Port Molle; description of specimens; arm ^division; additional 

 Australian records; range; application of names); p. 799 (possible synonyms); Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington, vol. 25, 1911, p. 18 (arm structure compared with that of Palaeocomatella) ; Cri- 

 noids of the Indian Ocean, 1912, pp. 30, 31, 35, 39, 79 (synonymy; includes rotalaria Lamarck, 

 jukesii P. H. Carpenter, paucicirra Bell and aruensis P. H. Carpenter; localities; discussion of 

 the nomenclature); Smiths. Miscell. Coll., vol. 61, No. 15, 1913, p. 8 (published references to 

 specimens in the British Museum; localities represented; notes). REICHENSPERGER, Abhandl. 

 Senck. naturf. Gesellsch., vol. 35, Heft 1, 1913, p. 83 (Aru Is.). A. H. CLARK, Internat. Revue 

 d. gesamt. Hydrobiol. u. Hydrogr., 1915, pp. 224 and following (detailed account of the dis- 

 tribution in Australia); Unstalked Crinoids of the Siboga Exped., 1918, p. 275 (listed); Smiths. 

 Miscell. Coll., vol. 72, No. 7, 1921, pi. 1, fig. 11 (centrodorsal). H. L. CLARK, The Echinoderm 

 Fauna of Torres Strait, 1921, pp. 5-7 (history); p. 15 (records); pp. 192 and following (range). 



Comatula rotularis DE BLAINVILLE, Diet, des sci. nat., vol. 10, 1818, p. 108 (from Lamarck). 



Comatula rotularia DE BLAINVILLE, Diet, des sei. nat., vol. 60, 1830, p. 229 (from Lamarck); Manuel 

 d'actinologie, 1834, 1836, p. 249 (from Lamarck). J. MULLEH, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. 

 d. Wiss., April 1840, p. 93 (intersyzygial interval); Archiv f. Naturgesch., 1840, vol. 1, p. 311 

 (same) . 



Aleclo rolalaria J. MULLER, Monatsber. d. k. pruess. Akad. d. Wiss., 1841, p. 184 (from Lamarck); 

 Archiv f. Naturgesch., 1841, vol. 1, p. 144 (from Lamarck); Archiv f. Naturgesch., 1843, vol. 1, 

 p. 136 (redescribed) . TROSCHEL and RTJTHE, Handb. d. Zool., 1859, p. 584 (from J. Muller). 



Comatula (Actinometra) rolalaria 3. MULLER, Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1847, 1849, 

 p. 256 (redescribed). A. H. CLARK, Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, 1912, p. 30 (identity). 



