A MONOGRAPH OF THE EXISTING CRINOIDS 579 



Albatross station 4880; Korean Straits, near the Oki Islands; Old Shima bearing 

 S. 79 W., 7.5 miles distant (lat. 34 16' 00" N., long. 130 16' 00" E.); 108 meters; 

 bottom temperature about 16.72 C.; fine gray sand and broken shells; August 2, 

 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35152). 



Albatross station 4895; Eastern Sea, between 10 and 20 miles southwest of the 

 Goto Islands; Ose Saki light bearing N. 42 E., 4.7 miles distant (lat. 32 33' 10" N., 

 long. 128 32' 10" E.); 174 meters; green sand, broken shells, and pebbles; August 

 9, 1906 (6, U.S.N.M., 35064). 



Albatross station 4935; Eastern Sea, off Kagoshima Gulf; Sata Misaki light 

 bearing N. 58 E., 4.5 miles distant Gat. 30 57' 20" N., long. 130 35' 10" E.); 

 188 meters; bottom temperature 15.89 C.; stones; August 16, 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 

 35153). 



Albatross station 4944; off Kagoshima Gulf; Yebisu Jima bearing W. 2.8 miles 

 distant (lat. 31 38' 15" N., long. 130 46' 50" E.); 79 meters; bottom temperature 

 18.00 C.; black sand and lava pebbles; August 17, 1906 [A. H. Clark, 1908, 1912, 

 1913, 1918] (1, U.S.N.M., 22656). PL 20, fig. 51. 



Kagoshima Bay; U. S. Exploring Expedition (1, U.S.N.M., 35158 [part of 3033]). 



Albatross; Misaki, Sagami Bay; shore; 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35145). 



Misaki (2, U.S.N.M., 39153). 



Albatross station 5070; in Suruga Gulf; Ose Saki bearing S. 8 W., 1.8 miles 

 distant (lat. 35 03' 25" N., long. 138 47' 40" E.); 197 meters; bottom temperature 

 14.22 C.; mud, sand, and broken shells; October 15, 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35101). 



Tokyo Bay (1, M. C. Z., 30). 



Japan; H. Loomis (1, U.S.N.M., 36167). 



Geographical range. From the Formosa Channel to the Korean Straits, and 

 eastward to Tokyo Bay. 



Bathymetrical range. From the shore line down to 197 meters. The average of 

 11 records is 128 meters. 



Thermal range. From 13.28 C. to 18.00 C. The average of 5 records is 

 15.62 C. 



History. This species was originally described in 1908 from a single specimen 

 from Albatross station 4944. Another specimen from the Formosa Channel was 

 recorded in 1909. In 1927 Dr. Torsten Gisle"n recorded and published notes upon 

 11 specimens which had been secured by Dr. Th. Mortensen in southern Japan in 

 1914. 



COMANTHUS TRICHOPTERA (J. Miiller) 



Plate 3, Figure 4; Plate 74, Figure 203 



[See also vol. 1, pt. l.fig. 50 (pinnule tip), p. 81; fig. 60 (comb), p. 85; fig. 330 (cirrus), p. 281; part 2, 

 fig. 120 (division series), p. 79; figs. 525, 526 (arm tip), p. 283; figs. 646-648 (comb), p. 327; 

 pi. 10, fig. 1024 (analysis of arm structure); pi. 12, fig. 1036 (brachials); pi. 14, fig. 1065 (part 

 of arm); pi. 17, fig. 1078 (oral pinnule)]. 



Comatula Irichoptera (Valenciennes, MS.) J. MULLER, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1846, 

 p. 178 (description; King George's Sound, Australia); Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 

 1847, 1849, p. 257 (redescribed). DTJJABDIN and Hupfi, Hist. nat. des zoophytes, Echinodermes 

 1862, p. 205 (synonymy; description; Australia). P. H. CARPENTER, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 (Zool.), vol. 13, 1877, p. 441; Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 26 (reason for 



