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Lamprometra A. II. Clark. 

 A. 11. CLARK. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, 1913, p. 143. 



Key to the Specii i ol the Genus Lamprometra. 



a I' verj Ion-, rather stiff, and ver) stout, though tapering gradually t<> a delicate 

 and more or less Aagellate tip; on the outer arms of each IBr series (or on 

 the outer arms of each [IBr series il' the specimen In- very large) 1', is very 

 much larger and longer than elsewhere; 1', is usually much larger and Ipnger 

 than P, or 1' , and the la'tter is usually but slightly longer than \\ (Ceylon to 

 China. Oceania and northeastern Australia, reaching Hong 

 Kon-, the Philippin* , Caroline, Marshall and Hawaiian Islands, 



Fiji, Tonga and New Caledonia) protectus 1 ) 



a 1' , though much elongated and somewhat stiffened, is slender and but slightly 

 enlarged, resembling I', in character but of greater length 



b l basal segments of the proximal pinnules nut carinate ; 1'. more nearly 



embling I' than 1' Red Sea, and e ast war d to Muscat) . . pa/mata 3 ) 

 1- basal segments of the proximal pinnules strongly carinate; P., more nearly 

 resembling 1', than 1' (Australia, except the southern coast, 

 and New Guinea) gyges 3 ) 



1 . Lamprometra protectus ( Lütken). 1 



J. MULLER. Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1847 (1849), p. 261 (Comatula [Alecto] 

 palmata, part). 



DUJARD1N et HUPÉ. Hist. nat. des Zoophytes. Échinodermes, 1862, p. 208 (Comatula dh'idua 

 and C. polyactin 



LÜTKEN. Catalogue Mus. Godeflfroy, vol. 5, 1874, p. 190 [Antedon protectus). 



- in 1'. II. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), series 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 19 (Antedon protectus). 



1'. IL CARPENTER. Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. 3, 1881, p. 187 (Anti-don brevi- 

 cuneala); p. ntedon laevicirra); p. [92 (Antedon protecta). 



Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 16, 1882, p. 504 (Antedon aequipinna); p. 505 (Antedon 



imparipinm 



Bell. Proc. Zool. ndon, isss, pp. 384, ^Sy (Antedon palmata). 



1'. II. CARPENTER. "Challenger" Reports. Comatulae, 1888, p. 225 (Antedon protecta) ; p. 233, 

 pi. 45, fig. 1 (Antedon conjungens) p. 235, pi. 47, figs. 1— 3 (Anti-Jon similis); p. 236, 

 pi. 4*. 1 ' ! ■ Intedon occulta). 



Bl LL. Willey's Zoölogical Results, vol. 2, 1889, p. 133 (Antedon indica). 



1'. 11. Carpenter. Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool.), vol. 21, 1889, p. 311 (Antedon conjungens). 



HARTLAUB. Nachr. 'e ', ttin n, Mai 1890. p. 176 (Antedon lepida); p. 180 (Anti-Jon pro- 

 tecta); p. 181 [Ante Jon amboinen 



1 irdin el Hupé, Antedon aequipinna, .1. irevicuneata^ A. conjungens, A. 



H. ind .1. sublilis Hartlaub; Antedon 



\. 11. i l.irk : and / 1 1. I . i'lark. 



umi Antedon kluntingeri Hartlaub. 

 Hartlaub. 



