1 mactin iinae .\ . II. Clark. 

 • if the Subfamily ( !omactiniinae, 



Australia and the Aru Islands) Validia (subg.) 



ept the southern coast , and 

 Udaman Islands, Singapore, Hong- 

 r and the Ph ilippines) Comatula (subg.) 



cirrus segments which, excepl the penultimate, are 

 twice as broad as long, or even broader (southern Australia) Comatulella 



Man 25 cirrus segments of which at least some, and com- 

 monly all, r than broad 



[Br series short and very broad and, usually with 

 the first tuu brachials, in lateral apposition; segments of the 

 nital pinnules short and broad (usually much broader than 

 long in the basal half of the pinnule) and more or less pro- 

 duced distall\-. only exceptionally more than XX cirri, which 

 are usually short and rather stout 



d 1 ossiclcs of the II ir series and first two brachials united 

 by pseudosyzygy, the union appearing externally as a 

 uniformly narrow, or dotted, line; two or more of the 

 basal segments of the proximal pinnules usually bear a 

 prominent carinate process Australia, excepting 

 the southern coast. and northward t o the 

 A n d a m a n I s 1 a n d s , Singapore, H ongk o n g a n d 



the Ph il ippine Islands) Comatula 



d J ossicles of the IBr series and first two brachials united 

 by synarthry, the line of union appearing externally as 

 two very narrow triangles converging to a common 

 apex in the median line; no carinate processes on the 

 basal segments of the proximal pinnules western 

 Atlantic, from North Carolina to Brazil, 



including theCaribbeanSea Comactinia 



the IBr series longer and narrow, widely free 

 laterally; segments of the genital pinnules beyond the first 

 two as long as. or longer than, broad; XXIV— XL cirri, 

 which nder, and strongly compressed laterally 



. Islands and southwestern Japan Comatulides 



