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Decempeda eomubiensium Llhuyd (Llwyd), Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographica, 1699 (Cornwall; 

 Penzance; fossil crinoids considered related to this species); Praelectio de Stellis marinis Oceano 

 Britannici, Oxford, 1703, Sect. 18 [republished as an appendix to Linck, 1733, p. 81] (Cornwall, 

 Penzance; color; comparison with the form described by Columna [mediterranea]; fossil crinoids 

 considered related to this species).— Borlase, Natural history of Cornwall, Oxford, 1758, p. 259 

 (from Llhuyd, with Linck's figure).— Llhuyd, Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographica, 1760.— 

 W. B. Carpknter, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 156, 1866, p. 677 (discussion; identified with the 

 Stella i^eK&Kvr) ^i rosacea of 'iAnck, and with Antedonrosaceus [bifida]), -p. 67& (placed in AfKiKinjtios 

 by Linck).— P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 2 (history). 

 A«4k^.„ios rosacea Linck, De Stellis marinis, Leipsig, 1733, p. 55, pi. 37, fig. 66 (based on the Decem- 

 peda cornubiensiiim of Llhuyd).— Brugiere, Encyclopedic mdthodique, 1792, pi. 124, fig. 6 

 (from Linck).— P. H. Carpenter, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 24, 1891, p. 69 (of Linck = 

 Aniedon rosacea [bifida]). 

 Decacnimos (part) Schultzb, Betrachtung der versteinerten Seesterne, Warsaw and Dresden, 1760, 



p. 53. 

 Bifid Aslerias; Ten-rayed Asterias Martyn, A new dictionary of natural history, London, 1785, under 



Asterias (from Pennant, 1777). 

 The Sea Comet, Millar, Natural history, London, 1785, plate opposite p. 283. 

 Aslerias peclinata (part) Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 663 (part of reference to 

 Linck); ed. 12, vol. 1, 1767, p. 1101 (same). — P. L. S. Mijller, Linnd's Natursystem, vol. 6, 

 Nuremburg, 1775, p. 140 (same). — Adams, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 5, 1800, p. 10, No. 3 

 (Milford Haven; description of the disk). — W. Turton, British fauna, vol. 1, 1807, p. 141, No. 

 143. — Pennant, British zoology, vol. 4, ed. 5, 1812, p. 134 (from previous edition). — J. V. Thomp- 

 60N, Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 2, 1829, p. 115 (relation to Pentacrinus europaeus). — J. ISItJLLER, Abh. 

 Preuss. Akad. Wiss. for 1841, 1843, p. 178 (in part; identity). — W. B. Carpenter, Phil. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc, vol. 156, 1866, p. 681 (of kAams = Aniedon rosaceus [bifida]). — P. H. Carpenter, Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 11 footnote (in part, of Pennant, Adams and others= 

 Comatula mediterranea [A. bifida]); Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 24, 1891, p. 69 (of Linnaeus [not 

 of Retzius]=.4. rosacea [bifida]). 

 Asterias bifida Pennant, British zoology, vol. 4, 1777, p. 55, No. 70 (Cornwall; based upon Linck's 

 AfKaKvriiios rosacea); British zoology, vol. 4, ed. 5, 1812, p. 133. — W. B. Carpenter, Phil. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 156, 1866, p. 681 (of Pennant=A. rosacea [bifida]). — P. H. Carpenter, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 24, 1891, p. 69 (of Pennant=A. rosacea [bifida]). 

 Asterias decacnemus Pennant, British zoology, vol. 4, 1777, p. 66, No. 71, pi. 33 (western coasts of 



Scotland; wrongly referred to Linck's ileKocKfri iioi barhata). 

 Aniedon gorgonia de Freminville, Bull. Soc. Philom., Paris, vol. 2, 1811, p. 349 (Havre; description 

 poor, but reference given to "Encyclop. methodique, partie des vers," pi. 124, fig. 6, which fig- 

 ure is identified by Lamarck as Comatula mediterranea) . — P. H. Carpenter, Nature, vol. 15, 

 1877, p. 197 (identified with Como<M/o [7'ropiome/ra] can'na/o); Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, 

 vol. 2, 1879, p. 4 (history) ; Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 19, 1887, p. 82 (correction of Perrier, 

 1886); Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. 26, pt. 60, 1888, pp. 88, 89, 199, 201 (history; identity); 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 24, 1891, p. 69 ( = .4. rosacea [bifida]).— A. H. Clark, Smith- 

 sonian Misc. Coll., vol. 50, pt. 3, 1907, p. 352 (discussion); Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 34, 1908, 

 p. 473 (discussion). 

 Alecto europaea Leach, Zool. Misc., vol. 2, 1815, p. 62 (in Oceano Europaeo ; decacwe?H!/s of Pennant 

 given as a questionable synonym). — J. Mijller, Arch. Naturg., 1841, vol. 1, pp. 142, 147 (in 

 part; after Leach). — Lijtken, Vid. Medd. Nat. Foren. K0benhavn, 1864, p. 214, footnote (mi- 

 croscopic spicules in the disk). — Grubb, Die Insel Lussin und ihre Meeresfauna, Breslau, 1864, 

 p. 103.— W. B. Carpenter, Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc, vol. 156, 1866, p. 696 (undoubtedly the same as 

 A. rosaceus [bifida]). — E. Grube, Abh. schles. Ges. 1869-72, pp. 14, 28, 69 (occurrence about 

 RoscofT). — W. B. Carpenter (part), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 4, vol. 16, 1875, p. 202 (anatomy; 

 translation of Semper, 1875), p. 206 (discussion). — P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), 

 ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 4 { = Decacnemus rosacea Linck). 

 Comatula fimbriata (not of Lamarck, 1816) Miller, Natural history of the Crinoidea, 1821, frontis- 

 piece (dorsal view of entire animal, and dorsal and ventral view of proximal portion of the skeleton) , 

 p. 132 (Milford Haven; description; discussion), p. 133 (unable to determine its systematic 



