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Bongkong (1, CM.). 



North China Sea; North Pacific Exploring Expedition [Hartlaub, 1912]. 



IM.u [stands [Hartlaub, 1891 (Palau-Inseln); A. H. Clark, 1912] (1, H.M.). 



Pitilu, Admiralty Islands (north of eastern New Guinea); Dr. G. Duncker 

 [A. II. (lark. 1912] (1. II. M.). 



New Guinea; Salomon Miiller [J. Muller, 1841, 1843, 1849; Dujardin and Hupe, 

 1862; P. H. Carpenter, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1888; Bell, 1882; Hartlaub, 1891; A. H. 

 Clark, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912] (1, L. M.). 



Amboina; Dr. J. Brock [Hartlaub, 1891]. 



Siboga station 250; anchorage off Kilsuin, western coast of Kur Island; 27 

 meters; bottom, coral and lithothamnion; December 6-7, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] 

 (1, U.S.N.M., E. 422). 



Siboga station 213; Saleyer (south of western Celebes); down to 36 meters; 

 coral reefs, mud, and mud with sand; October 26, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (1, Amster- 

 dam Mus.). 



Siboga station 144; anchorage north of Salomakiee (Damar) Island; 45 meters; 

 bottom, coral and lithothamnion; August 7-9, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (1, Amsterdam 

 Mus.). 



Siboga station 43; anchorage off Pulu Sarassa, Postilion Islands; down to 36 

 meters; coral bottom; April 4-5, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (1, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Singapore; Herr Jagor [Hartlaub, 1891; A. H. Clark, 1912 (given by error as Prof. 

 J. Muller); Hartmeyer, 1916] (1, Berl. M., 1282). 



Singapore; Prof. Edouard von Martens [Hartlaub, 1891]. Same [Hartmeyer, 

 1916] (1, Berl. M., 1323). 



Singapore; Svend Gad [A. H. Clark, 1909, 1912] (6, U.S.N.M., 35238; CM.). 



Singapore; Dr. Th. Mortensen, June 1, 1900 (1). 



Pulau Obin, Singapore [A. H. Clark, 1913] (5, B. M.). 



No locality; Herr Brugmans [J. Muller, 1841, 1843, 1849; Dujardin and Hupe:, 

 1862; P. H. Carpenter, 1879, 1881, 1883, 1888; Bell, 1882, 1884; Hartlaub, 1891; 

 A. H. Clark, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912] (1, L. M.). 



Geographical range. — From Hongkong to the Pelew Islands, the Admiralty Islands, 

 and New Guinea (Papua), and westward to Singapore. 



Bathymetrical range. — Littoral; from the shoreline down to 45 meters. 



History. — Prof. Johannes Muller in 1841 described Alecto flagellata from a speci- 

 men without locality collected by Brugmans in the Leyden Museum that he found 

 bearing the manuscript name Comatula flagellata. At the same time he described 

 Alecto elongata from another specimen in the same museum that had been collected in 

 New Guinea by Salomon Muller and bore the manuscript name Comatula elongata. 

 He mentioned Alecto flagellata and A. elongata in 1843, and in 1849 he redescribed them 

 under the names Comatula flagellata and C. elongata. 



Dujardin and Hup6 in 1862 published translations of Muller's original descrip- 

 tions of Comatula elongata and C. flagellata. 



Dr. P. II. Carpenter in 1879 was unable to refer either Comatula elongata or C. 

 flagellata defimtely to Actinometra or to Antedon, as he had not seen them and knew 

 of no descriptions from which it is possible to obtain any information as to the position 

 of the mouth or the character of the oral pinnules. 



