118 Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum, Vol. VII 



Crinoidea 



Order: COMATULIDA 



Suborder: Oligophreata 



Superf amily : Comasterida 



Family: COMASTERIDAE 



Subfamily : Comactiniinae 



Genus: COMATULA Lamarck 

 Comatula pectinata (Linne) 



Type : Linne's type of Asterias pectinata, deposited at Lund, 

 came from the seas of India. 



Distribution : This species is known from Ceylon, eastward 

 in the China Sea, south to Luzon, and down to Amboina, Thursday 

 Island, Durian Straits, Dutch East Indies, and Singapore, in the 

 littoral zone. 



Material examined: One specimen, taken on the "Alva's" 

 anchor-chain, Seba-Seba Bay, South Brother's Island, Durian 

 Straits, Dutch East Indies, depth 22 fathoms, October 21, 1931. 



Colour: Exquisite in its flower-like beauty, this sea-lily is 

 bright carmine, the pinnules being tipped with white. 



Remarks: For full discussion of this species, consult Dr. 

 Austin H. Clark, Bulletin 82, U. S. National Museum, vol. I, II and 

 III, which renders further comment superfluous. 



References: Comaster pectinata, Clark, Austin H., Bulletin, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. I, 1915, pp. 23, 31, 33, 39, 45, 49, 51, 52, 

 75, 79, 81, 83, 220, 249, 281, 298, 321, 323, 351, 355; Ibid., 

 Vol. II, 1921, pp. 12, 15, 71, 86, 95, 100, 102, 176, 177, 233, 

 245, 250, 280, 291, 292, 341, 519, 594, 597, 705 ; Ibid., Vol. Ill, 

 1931, pp. 10, 24, 30, 26, 39, 41, 203, 250, 274, 294, 295, 308, 320, 

 323, 330, 331, 335, 337, 338, 339, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 365, 

 366, 371, 372, 375, 396, 397, 398, 661, 675, 679, 692, pi. 20, 

 fig. 49, pi. 33, fig. 100, pi. 34, fig. 101, pi. 35, fig. 102, pi. 36, 

 fig. 103, pi. 37, fig. 104, pi. 38, figs. 105-107. 



