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Both of the specimens recorded from Baudin Island are small. There is a possi- 

 bility that both records are based upon the same individual. 



Localities.— FoTt Curtis, Queensland: 13 meters; H. M. S. Alert [Bell, 1884; 

 P. H. Carpenter, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1913] (1, B.M.). Same; 

 20 meters; sand and shells [Bell, 1884; A. H. Clark, 1911, 1913] (3, B. M.). 



Port Curtis, Queensland [A. H. Clark, 1911] (3, U. S. N. M., 35308; Austr. M.). 



Magneta station XIV; 0.5 mile southeast of Lizard Island, off Cape Flattery 

 (north of Cooktown), Queensland; 35 meters; shell gravel; rich Halimeda; March 7, 

 1929 [H. L. Clark, 1932]. 



Prmce of Wales Channel, Torres Strait; 13-16 meters; sand; H.M.S. Alert [Bell, 

 1884; A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 1913] (1, B. M.). 



Queensland (this refers to Port Curtis and the Prmce of Wales Channel) [P. H. 

 Carpenter, 1888; A. H. Clark, 1912]. 



Siboga station 273; anchorage off Pulu Jedan, eastern coast of the Aru Islands 

 (pearl banks); 13 meters; sand and shells; December 23-26, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] 

 (4, U. S. N. M., E. 436: Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 274; near the Jedan Islands, eastern coast of the Aru Islands 

 (lat. 5° 28' 12" S., long. 134° 53' 54" E.); 57 meters; sand and shells; stones; Decem- 

 ber 26, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (2, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Sir Edward Pellew Islands, in the southwestern portion of the Gulf of Carpenteria; 

 Surg. Lieut. Comdr. W. E. J. Paradice, R.A.N.; H.M.S. Geranium [McNeill and Liv- 

 ingstone, 1926]. 



From cable off Northern Territory, November 1890 [H. L. Clark, 1928]. 



Holothuria Bank, northwestern Australia; 44 meters [Bell, 1894; A. H. Clark, 

 1911, 1912, 1913]. (1, B. M.). Same; 71 meters [Bell, 1894; A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 

 1913] (1, B. M.). 



Bassett-Smith Banlc; 16 meters [A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 1913] (2, B. M.). 



Baudin Island, northwestern Australia; 15-27 meters [A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 

 1913] (1, B. M.). Same locality and depth [A. H. Clark, 1929] (1, B. M.). 



Northwestern Australia; 15-27 meters (this refers to the locality immediately 

 preceding) [Bell, 1894; A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912, 1913] (2, B. M.). 



Geographical range. — Aru Islands and northern Australia south to Port Curtis, 

 Queensland, and Baudin Island, Western Australia. 



Bathymetrical range. — From 13 to 57 meters. 



Occurrence. — Frank A. McNeUl and A. A. Livingston wrote that the two speci- 

 mens they recorded from the Sir Edward Pellew Islands were found clinging to the 

 stems of an alcyonarian, probably Iciligorgia sp., no doubt obtained in deep water. 

 On the same stem of llciligorgia were numerous juvenile Ophiothela sp. 



History. — This species was first described and figured under the name Anfedon 

 carpenteri by Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell in his report on the echinoderms of the Alert collec- 

 tions published in 1884. At the same time he Usted a specimen from the Prince of 

 Wales Channel, Torres Strait, under the name of Antedon milberti. 



In the Challenger report on the comatulids published in 1888 Dr. P. H. Carpenter 

 placed Antedon carpenteri in the key to the species of the Milberti group, pairing it 

 with A. serripinna from which it was distinguished by having large processes on the 



