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 1898-99. 



ECHINODERMATA. 



CRINOIDEA. 



Order: COMATULIDA. 



Suborder : Oligophreata. 



Superf amily : Comasteridae. 



Family: COMASTERIDAE. 



Subfamily : Capillasterinae. 



Genus : NEOCOMATELLA A. H. Clark. 



Neocomatella pulchella (Pourtales). 



Plate 25. 



Type: Count Pourtales' type material consisted of two specimens 

 from the "Blake" collection in West Indian waters, but from these 

 the original label had been lost, Cat. no. 494, Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 



Distribution : This species is abundantly distributed in the Carib- 

 bean Sea, northward to the Yucatan Bank and the Dry Tortugas, and 

 southward to St. Paul's Rocks. Bathymetric occurrence: 18 to 567 

 meters. This species prefers to dwell on rough bottoms. 



Material examined : One very fine specimen, dredged in 150 fms., 

 seven miles S. W. of Alligator Reef, Florida, by the "Ara." 



Color: The color of this living crinoid is lemon-yellow. 



