EEPORT ON THE CRINOIDEA. 



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The four Caribbean species of Pentacrinus are widely distributed among the West India 

 Iskmds ; and it is possible (or rather probable) that systematic dredgings among the 

 islands of the Pacific, like those of the " Blake " in the Caribbean Sea, would largely 

 increase the specific I'auge both of Pentacrinus and of Metacrinus. 



Among the Comatulse the well known Antedon escJmchti is universally distributed 

 in the Arctic Ocean, and on both sides of the Atlantic as far south as lat. 43° N.; while 

 Antedon dentata of the Barents Sea, the north-east Atlantic, and the Scandinavian 

 coasts is abundant on the banks ofi" New England. Antedon carinata is another widely 

 distributed species, occurring both on the Atlantic and on the Pacific coasts of South 

 America, at Java, Mauritius, the Seychelles, and elsewhere; while Actinometra pulchella of 

 the Caribbean Sea has also been dredged in moderately deep water off the coast of Morocco. 



The greater number of the Comatulse, however, like the four species of Bathycrinus 



Table II. — Showing the Geograjjhical and Bathymetrical Range of all the 



Genera of Recent Crinoids. 



1 A. Atlantic. C. Caribbean Sea. S. Southei-n Ocean. I. Indian Ocean. P. Pacific. E. The more or less enclosed 

 seas of the East Indian Archipelago, bet-^'een Cape York and Singapore. Within this limit are comprised Stations 

 201 to 212, in the neighbourhood of the Pliilippine group, but not Station 214, off the Meangis Islands. 



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