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In 1912 I recorded 2 specimens originally collected by Mr. Owston which I had 

 examined in the Hamburg Museum. 



In 1913 I recorded, as Comanthus japonica, a specimen which had been dredged 

 by Captain Suensson off the harbor at Hong Kong. 



In 1922 Dr. Torsten Gisl^n recorded this species from 3 of Dr. Sixten Bock's 

 stations in southwestern Japan, in 1924 he mentioned and described an abnormal 

 specimen from Dr. Th. Mortensen's station 10, and in 1927 he described in detail 

 the material in Mortensen's collection, and at the same time pointed out that my 

 specimen from Hong Kong identified as japonica should have been referred to this 

 form. 



COMANTHUS JAPONICA (J. Muller) 



Plate 71, Figure 195; Plate 72, Figures 19&-198; Plate 73, Figure 201; Plate 82, Figures 226, 227 



Alecto japonica J. MtJLLER, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1841, p. 186 (description; 

 Japan) ; Archiv f. Naturgesch., 1841, vol. 1, p. 145 (same) ; Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 

 1841, 1843, p. 216.— A. H. Clark, Notes from the Leyden Mus., vol. 33, 1911, p. 176 (identity). 



Comatula jayonica J. Muller, Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1847, 1849, p. 260. — Dujardin 

 and HuPE, Hist. nat. des zoophytes, Echinodermes, 1862, p. 206 (synonymy; description; 

 Japan). — P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), ser. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 29 (can not place 

 either in Anledon or Aclinomeira) . — A. H. Clark, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 154 

 (comparison of cirri with those of C . solaster) ; Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, 1912, p. 30 (identity). 



Aclinomeira, sp. P. H. Carpenter, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 9, No. 16, 1881, p. 169 (Yeddo). — 

 Sheldon, Guide to the Invertebrates in the Synoptic Coll., Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., pt. 2, 1905, 

 p. 160 (Japan). 



Aclinomeira japonica P. H. Carpenter, Notes from the Leyden Mus., vol. 3, 1881, p. 202 (Japan). — 

 Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882, p. 533 (listed); p. 535 (specific formula). — P. H. Car- 

 penter, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1882, 1883, pp. 733 and following (discussion of Bell's method 

 of formulation and corrected formula). — von Graff, Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. 10, 

 pt. 27, 1884, pp. 19, 46 (myzostomes). — P. H. Carpenter, Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. 

 26, pt. 60, 1888, p. 3.30.— Braun, Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. u. Parasitenkunde, vol. 3, 1888, 

 p. 186 (myzostomes; after von Graff). — Hara, Zool. Mag., Tokyo, vol. 7, 1895, p. 115 (Misaki; 

 common). — Kirk, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1911, p. 97, footnote (contents of the intes- 

 tinal canal); p. 101, footnote (preponderance of females). — A. H. Clark, Crinoids of the Indian 

 Ocean, 1912, p. 36 (identity).— Hartlaub, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 27, No. 4, 1912, pp. 

 281, 414 (listed). 



Aclinomeira morsei von Graff, Challenger Reports, Zoology, vol. 10, pt. 27, 1884, p. 20 (myzos- 

 tomes); p. 44 (Yeddo Bay; myzostomes). — P. H. Carpenter, Challenger Reports, Zoology, 

 vol. 26, pt. 60, 1888, p. 346 (Tokyo Bay; nomen nudum). — Braun, Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. u. 

 Parasitenkunde, vol. 3, 1888, p. 185 (myzostomes; from von Graff). — Parkes, Manchester 

 Microsc. Soc. Trans., 1890, 1891, p. 49 (myzostomes). 



Aclinomeira iaponica Hamann, Bronns Klassen u. Ordnungen des Tier-Reichs, vol. 2, Abt. 3, 1907, 

 p. 1586 (listed). 



Comaster japonica A. H. Clark, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1908, p. 686 (listed); vol. 34, 1908, 

 p. 306 (Tokyo Gulf; various localities in Sagami Bay). 



Phanogcnia japonica A. H. Clark, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 35, 1908, p. 124 (listed). 



Comanthus japonica A. H. Clark, Zool. Anzeiger, vol. 34, No. 11-12, 1909, p. 366 (listed); Notes 

 from the Leyden Mus., vol. 33, 1911, p. 176 (identity); p. 180 (Japan; redescription of the type); 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 25, 1912, p. 19 (cirri compared with those of Co7)iissia litloralis); 

 pp. 23, 24 (compared with C. crassicirra) ; Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, 1912, pp. 30, 36 

 (identity); p. 94 (synonymy; range); Unstalked Crinoids of the Sihoga Exped., 1918, p. 49 

 (in key; range). — Mortensen, Studies in the Development of Crinoids, 1920, p. 26 (occur 

 rence at Misaki).— A. H. Clark, Smiths. Miscell. Coll., vol. 72, No. 7, 1921, p. 23 (food).— 

 GiSL^N, Nova Acta reg. Soc. sci. Up.saliensis, ser. 4, vol. 5, No. 6, 1922, p. 48 (compared with 



