A MONOGRAPH OP THE EXISTING CRINOIDS 579 



Albatross station 48S0; Korean Straits, near the Oki Islands; Oki Shima bearing 

 S. 79° W., 7.5 miles distant (lat. 34° 16' 00" N., long. 130° 16' 00" E.); 108 meters; 

 bottom temperature about 16.72° C; fine gray sand and broken shells; August 2, 

 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35152). 



Albatross station 4895; Eastern Sea, between 10 and 20 miles southwest of the 

 Goto Islands; Ose Said light bearing N. 42° E., 4.7 miles distant (lat. 32° 33' 10" N., 

 long. 128° 32' 10" E.); 174 meters; green sand, broken shells, and pebbles; August 

 9, 1906 (6, U.S.N.M., 35064). 



Albatross station 4935; Eastern Sea, off Kagoshima Gulf; Sata Misaki Ught 

 bearing N. 58° E., 4.5 miles distant (lat. 30° 57' 20" N., long. 130° 35' 10" E.); 

 188 meters; bottom temperature 15.89° C; stones; August 16, 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 

 35153). 



Albatross station 4944; off Kagoshima Gulf; Yebisu Jima bearing W. 2.8 miles 

 distant (lat. 31° 38' 15" N., long. 130° 46' 50" E.); 79 meters; bottom temperature 

 18.00° C; black sand and lava pebbles; August 17, 1906 [A. II. Clark, 1908, 1912, 

 1913, 1918] (1, U.S.N.M., 22656). PI. 20, fig. 51. 



Kagoshima Bay; U. S. Exploring Expedition (1, U.S.N.M., 35158 [part of 3033]). 



Albatross; Misaki, Sagami Bay; shore; 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35145). 



Misaki (2, U.S.N.M., 39153). 



Albatross station 5070; in Suruga Gulf; Ose Saki bearing S. 8° W., 1.8 miles 

 distant (lat. 35° 03' 25" N., long. 138° 47' 40" E.); 197 meters; bottom temperature 

 14.22° C; mud, sand, and broken shells; October 15, 1906 (1, U.S.N.M., 35101). 



Tokyo Bay (1, M. C. Z., 30). 



Japan; H. Loonus (1, U.S.N.M., 36167). 



Geographical range. — From the Formosa Channel to the Korean Straits, and 

 eastward to Tokyo Baj'. 



Bathymetrical range. — From the shore line down to 197 meters. The average of 

 11 records is 128 meters. 



Thermal range.— From 13.28° C. to 18.00° C. The average of 5 records is 

 15.62° C. 



History.— This species was originally described in 1908 from a single specimen 

 from Albatross station 4944. Another specimen from the Formosa Channel was 

 recorded in 1909. In 1927 Dr. Torsten Gisl^n recorded and pubhshed notes upon 

 11 specimens which had been secured by Dr. Th. Mortensen in southern Japan in 

 1914. 



COMANTHUS TRICHOPTERA (J. MUller) 



Plate 3, Figure 4; Plate 74, Figure 203 



(ScealBO vol. l,pt. 1, fig. 50 (pinnule tip), p. 81; fig. 60 (comb), p. 85; fig. 330 (cirrus), p. 281; part 2, 

 fig. 120 (division scries), p. 79; figs. 525, 526 (arm tip), p. 283; figs. 646-648 (comb), p. 327; 

 pi. 10, fig. 1024 (analysis of arm structure); pi. 12, fig. 1036 (brachials); pi. 14, fig. 1065 (part 

 of arm); pi. 17, fig. 1078 (oral pinnule)]. 



Comatula Irichoptera (Valenciennes, MS.) J. Miii.i.ER, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1846, 

 p. 178 (description; King George's Sound, Australia); Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 

 1847, 1849, p. 257 (redescribed). — Dujardin and Hupfi, Hist. nat. des zoophytes, Echinodermes 

 1862, p. 205 (synonymy; description; Australia). — P. H. Carpenter, Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 (Zool.), vol. 13, 1877, p. 441; Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), eer. 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 26 (reason for 



