100 Papers from the Department of Marine Biology. 



with the desire of preventing erroneous assumptions from being re- 

 ceived as proven facts. 



For the leave of absence which made my studies possible, it gives 

 me pleasure to thank the authorities of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, while I also desire to express my obligations to my colleagues 

 at the laboratory for much kindly assistance. Each member of the 

 party made me his debtor, and I am glad to take this opportunity of 

 thanking them for the help given in many different ways. 



In order to give some idea of the richness of the comatulid fauna of 

 Torres Strait, it seems desirable to give a list of the species collected. 

 This list includes a number of hitherto undescribed species and must 

 therefore include descriptions of them. The paper is accordingly 

 divided into two parts, the first dealing with the comatulids from the 

 systematic point of view and the second discussing their habits and 

 reactions. 



