450 BULLETIN 82, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



The specimen from Zamboanga determined by Carpenter as Comanthus pardcirra 

 had apparently 21 arms. One cirrus remains, wliich has 12 segments. The charac- 

 teristic terminal combs and the presence of combs on the distal pinnules show that 

 this is a species of Comasier and not of Comanthus. 



Abnormal specimen. — In the largest specimen from Siboga station 305, one of the 

 cirri is curiously modified. (See vol. 1, pt. 1, fig. 320, A, p. 275.) It is composed of 

 8 segments and measures 5 mm. in length. The first 3 segments are of the normal 

 type, but those following are strongly flattened dorsoventrally and greatly broadened, 

 the normal distal dorsal spine being represented by 2, 1 at each of the distal angles 

 of the segments. 



Localities. — Siboga station 65a; ofl" Saleyer, south of Celebes (lat. 7° 00' 00" S., 

 long. 120° 34' 30" E.; 120-400 meters; pale gray mud, in the shallower water chang- 

 ing to a coral bottom; May 6, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (2, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 305; midchannel in Solor Strait, off Kampong Menanga; 113 

 meters; stony bottom; February 8, 1900 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (S, U.S.N.M., E. 425; 

 Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 289; southern coast of Timor (lat. 9° 00' 18" S., long. 126° 24' 30" 

 E.); 112 meters; mud, sand, and shells; January 20, 1900 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (3, 

 Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 294; southwestern coast of Timor (lat. 10° 12' 12" S., long. 124° 

 27' 18" E.); 73 meters; soft mud with very fine sand; January 23, 1900 [A. H. Clark, 

 1918] (5, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 144; anchorage north of Salomakiee (Damar) Island, northeast 

 of Timor; 45 meters; coral bottom, with lithothamnion ; July 7-9, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 

 1918] (3, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 153; off the northern coast of Waigeu, northwest of New Guinea 

 Gat. 0° 03' 48" N., long. 130° 24' 18" E.); 141 meters; fine and coarse sand with dead 

 shells; August 14, 1899 (1, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 260; 2.3 miles N. 63° W. from the north point of Nuhi Jaan, Kei 

 Islands (lat. 5° 36' 30" S., long. 132° 55' 12" E.); 90 meters; sand, coral and shells; 

 December 16 and 18, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (3, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Danish expedition to the Kei Islands; Dr. Th. Mortensen; station 24; 100 meters; 

 hard bottom; April 15, 1922 (4); station 58; 290 meters; mud.; May 12, 1922 (1). 



Albatross station 5137; in the vicinity of Jolo (Sulu); Jolo Light bearing S. 61° 

 E., 1.3 miles distant (lat. 6° 04' 25" N., long. 120° 58' 30" E.); 36 meters; sand and 

 shells; February 14, 1908 (1, U.S.N.M., 35048). PI. 52, fig. 153. 



Challenger; Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines; 18 meters [P. H. Carpenter, 

 1888; A. H. Clark, 1913] (2, B. M.). 



Albatross station 5356; north Balabac Strait; Balabac Light bearing S. 64° W., 

 15.5 miles distant (lat. 8° 06' 40" N., long. 117° 18' 45" E.); 106 meters; January 5, 

 1909 [A. H. Clark, 1911] (1, U.S.N.M., 35045). 



Albatross station 5414; between Cebu and Bohol, Philippines; Lauis Point Light 

 bearing N. 67° W., 9.5 miles distant (lat. 10° 10' 40" N., long. 124° 02' 45" E.); 

 77 meters; temperature 16.89° C; March 24, 1909 [A. H. Clark, 1911] (1, U.S.N.M., 

 35051). 



