

Comaster 



Comantheria 



Comanthina 



ter i n ae A . II < lark. 



of the Subfamily < lomasterina 



■ i or 2\ proximal pinnu 



ng . terminal combs occur al intervals 

 \ 11 .1 ,i m an Islands t o norl he r.n 

 the I' lul i p pine [sla nd s, the Gil- 

 sout hem Ja pan , and China . . 

 and following division series (.(3 ] . no divi- 

 oximal pinnules stouter than the following; termi- 

 to the proximal pinnules 

 1 III] . UBr | IVBr series in pari or entirelj 



northern Australia to west Java, the Moluccas, 

 the Philippine Islands, China and southern Japan 

 il] of the IIIBr series 1 (3 + 4) 

 iuter IIIBr series on each ray 2, inner 4(3 + 4); following 

 entirelj or mostly 4 (3 + 4); cirri only exceptionally 

 presenl Maldive I sla mis to northern Australia, 

 Vu Britain, the Philippines, and the Caroline 



Islands) 



IIIBr series usually all 4(3+ \)\ if IIIBr series of 2 are 



present there is no regularity in their occurrence (southern 



and sou th e ast er n Africa, Ceylon, and eastward to 



northern Australia. Oceania, and southern Japan) Comanthus 



d 1 cirri few, smal! and weak, slightly if at all compressed 



distally, irregularly distributed on the centrodorsal, or 



absent altogether; one or more of the division series 



usually 2 instead of 4 (3 4 4), but the division series of 



2 have no regular arrangemenl (Madagascar and 



Mauritius to Ceylon, thence to northern 



Australia. New ('aledonia, the 1'riendly, 



nga, Fiji, Samoan, Pelew, ('.il bert [Kings- 

 m il 1] and Caroline Islands, southern Japan, 



and Arno y, China) 



d 9 cirri always present and numerous, well developed, late- 

 rally compressed distally. evenly distributed about the 

 of the centrodorsal; all the division series 

 outhern and southeastern Africa; 

 smania and southern Australia and north- 

 ward to the Ba) >>l Bengal, Samoa, the Mar- 

 shall I sla n 'Is. and southern Japan) 



Vania i^ubg.) 



Cenolia (subg.) 



