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The revision of the old genus Antedon had not proved entirely satisfactory; in 

 particular, the genus Antedon as there restricted was too heterogeneous, and on April 

 11, 1908, a paper was published in which 12 additional genera were proposed. These 

 new genera, of which the geographical and bathymetrical ranges as well as the colors 

 were given, were the following: 



Oligometra (genotype Antedon serripinna P. H. Carpenter, 1881) including 



Oligometra adeonae. Oligometra japonica. 



Oligometra bidens. Oligometra pinnijormis. 



Oligometra caribbea. Oligometra serripinna. 



Oligometra carpenteri. 



Erythrometra (genotype Antedon ruber A. H. Clark, 1907) including 



Erythrometra ruber. 



Thaumatometra (genotype Antedon ciliata A. H. Clark, 1907 [ = Antedon tenuis 

 A. H. Clark, 1907]) including 



Thaumatometra abyssorum. Thaumatometra isis. 



Thaumatometra alternata. Thaumatometra laevis. 



Thaumatometra comaster. Thaumaiometra longipinna. 



Thaumatometra exigua. Thaumatometra parva. 



Thaumatometra hirsuta. Thaumatometra parvula. 



Thaumatometra remota. 



Coccometra (genotype Comatula hagenii Pourtales, 1869) including 



Coccometra hagenii. 



Coccometra nigrolineata { = Antedon hagenii of H. L. Clark [not hagenii Pour- 

 tales], 1901). 



Leptometra (genotype Alecto phalangium J. MuUer, 1841) including 



Leptometra celtica. Leptometra phalangium. 



Hathrometra (genotype Alectro dentata Say, 1825) including 



Hathrometra dentata. Hathrometra sarsii. 



Hathrometra prolixa. Hathrometra tenella. 



Iridometra (genotype Antedon adrestine A. H. Clark, 1907) including 



Iridometra adrestine. Iridometra minuta. 



Iridometra briseis. Iridometra nana. 



Iridometra cnspa. Iridometra parvicirra. 



Iridometra psyche. 



Compsometra (genotype Antedon loveni Bell, 1882 [ = A. pumila Bell, 1884]) 

 including 



Co7npsometra loveni. Compsometra serrata. 



Trichometra (genotype Antedon aspera A. H. Clark, 1908) including 



Trichometra aspera. Trichometra vexator. 



