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1879, p. 27 (systematic position); p. 28 (marked comb on the oral pinnules). — Hartlaub, 

 Nova Acta Acad. German., vol. 58, No. 1, 1891, p. 106 (Carpenter writes him that this is 

 identical with the 10-armed variety of Aclinomelra piilchclla). 



Alecto echinoptera J. Muller, Archiv f. Naturgesch., 1841, vol. 1, p. 143 (description; locality 

 unknown); Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1841, p. 183 (same); Abhandl. d. k. preuss. 

 Akad. d. Wiss., 1841 (1843), p. 220 (description; carination of lower pinnules).— Cards, Icones 

 Zootomicae, vol. 5, 1857, fig. 12 (spicules). — A. H. Clark, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 34, 

 1908, p. 450 (probably, as said by Carpenter, from the West Indies) ; vol. 36, 1909, p. 498 (type 

 of Comaclinia); vol. 43, 1912, p. 383 { = Comactinia echinoptera). 



Alecto echinophora J. MtJLLER, Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1841 (1843), p. 224 (papillae 

 of the disk). 



Comatula (Alecto) echinoptera J. Mijller, Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1847 (1849), p. 

 250 (redescribed). 



Comatula, sp. A. Agassiz, Contrib. Nat. Hist. U. S., vol. 5, 1864, p. 79, line 11 (Charleston, S. C; 

 pentacrinoids growing on the cirri). — E. C. and A. Agassiz, Seaside Studies in Nat. Hist., 

 1865 [2d edition 1871], p. 121 (Charleston; quite abundant along the shores of South Caro- 

 lina); p. 122 (description of adults and pentacrinoids); figs. 153 (adult), 154 (pentacrinoids on 

 a portion of a cirrus), p. 122. 



Alecto meridionalis (L. Agassiz, MS.) E. C. and A. Agassiz, Seaside Studies in Nat. Hist., 1865 

 [2d edition, 1871], p. 121 (Charleston; quite abundant along the shores of South Carolina); p. 

 122 (description of adults and pentacrinoids); figs. 153 (adult), 154 (pentacrinoids on a por- 

 tion of a cirrus), p. 122. — Hartlaub, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 27, No. 4, 1912, p. 423 

 (history) . 



Antedon meridionalis Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 1866, p. 339 (possibly identical with 

 Alectro dentata Say). — PouRTALfes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 1, No. 11, 1869, p. 355 (west 

 of Tortugas, 35 fathoms; off French reef, 45 fathoms; South Carolina; purple or yellow, or 

 both mixed); vol. 5, No. 9, 1878, p. 214 {Blake stations 32 and 45; Charleston; Cape Frio, 

 Brazil).— P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 20 (characters, 

 as described by Pourtalfes). — Rathbun, Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci., vol. 5, 1879, p. 157 (range). — 

 P. H. Carpenter, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 9, No. 4, 1881, p. 156 (should read Aclino- 

 melra meridionalis); p. 161 (sense organs); p. 162 (dimorphism of arms); p. 164 (description of 

 pentacrinoids; characters of the young). — Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882, p. 533 

 (listed).— P. H. Carpenter, Proc. Zool Soc. London, 1882 (1883), p. 746 (belongs to Aclino- 

 metra) . 



Comatula holmesi PouRTALfes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 1, No. 11, 1869, p. 355 (nomen nudum). 



Comatula meridionalis P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 20 (has 

 an excentric mouth and no comb on the oral pinnules); p. 27 (systematic position); Proc. 

 Roy. Soc, vol. 28, 1879, p. 394. 



Actinometra meridionalis P. H. Carpenter, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 9, No. 4, 1881, p. 155 

 (p. 5 of separate) (specimens of varietal forms sent to Edinburgh and Copenhagen museums 

 as Antedon [Coccometra] hagenii); p. 156 (at least four distinct types included under this name; 

 discussion). — Ludwig, M6m. Acad. Sci. Bruxelles, vol. 44, 1882, p. 6. — P. H. Carpenter, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882 (1883), pp. 743, et seq. (discussion of Bell's method of formula- 

 tion and corrected formula). — von Graff, BuU. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 11, No. 7, 1883, p. 

 129 (off St. Lucia; off French reef; off Martinique; myzostomes) ; Challenger Reports, Zoology, 

 vol. 10, pt. 27, 1884, pp. 14, 15, 16, 19 (off Barbados; 25° 33' N., 84° 21' W.; myzostomes); 

 p. 38 {Blake station 203); p. 45 {Blake station 203; Investigator, off St. Lucia); p. 51 (west of 

 Tortugas, U. S. Coast Survey, 100 fathoms; Blake stations 45, 249); p. 52 (Caribbean Sea); p. 

 54 (off French reef); p. 58 (west of Tortugas). — P. H. Carpenter, Quart. Journ. Microsc. 

 Sci., vol. 27, 1887, p. 386 (Bahia, Brazil; no trace of sacculi). — A. Agassiz, Bull. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. 15 [reprinted as "Three Cruises of the Blake," vol. 2], 1888, p. 117, fig. 406 (penta- 

 crinoids); p. 127 (myzostomes). — P. H. Carpenter, Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. 26, pt. 

 60, 1888, p, 301 (Bahia, 7-20 fathoms; South Carolina; west of Tortugas and off French reef 

 in Florida Strait, 35-45 fathoms; Caribbean Sea, abundant between 50 and 262 fathoms; off 



