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cirri numerous, composed of 8 — i 3 segments, well developed 
though short and strongly curved 
e^ cirri shorter and stouter, not more than one tentli 
of the arm length; longest cirrus segment not more 
than three times as long as the median diameter; 
antepenultimate segment never longer than broad, 
and penultimate segment broader than long 
f 12 — 13 cirrus segments of which the longest 
(3'd — 5"') are half again as long as broad or 
at most only slightly longer; 7''' and following 
with slightly everted distal dorsal ends; g^^ and 
10''' and following broader than long; arms 
150 mm. long (China) sckonovP) 
p 8 — II cirrus segments of which the longest (3'''^) 
is three times as long as the median breadth ; 
the following- decrease in length so that the 
antepenultimate is about as long as broad and 
the penultimate slightly broader than long; the 
4"i and following have slight dorsal processes; 
arms 90 mm. long (Lesser Sun da to the 
P h i 1 i p p i n e I s 1 a n d s) fruticosus "-) 
e'- cirri longfer and more slender, more than one tenth 
of the arm length; longest cirrus segment (3'''^) from 
three to three and one half times as long as the 
median diameter, the following rapidly becoming 
shorter so that the antepenultimate is slightly longer 
than broad and the penultimate about as long as 
broad ; the si.xth and following have sharp and 
prominent dorsal processes (J a v a S e a) . . . . sibogac 
d- 45 arms; IIIBr series developed only on the outer side 
of each IIBr series; IVBr series developed only on the 
inner side of each IIIBr series; interradial perisome heavily 
plated; cirri {ftw, more or less deficient (northern 
Australia) multifida 
c- less than 45 arms 
d^ 35 — 40 arms 
e^ 15 — 18 cirrus segments 
f^ elements of the IBr and IIIBr series, and first 
two o.ssicles in the IIBr series, united bv a 
1) Comaster novaeguineae (not of J. Mullei) A. H. Clark, Vid. Medd. fm den naturliist. Forening i Kobenhavn, 1909, ji. 141. 
2) Synonym: Comaster philippinensh A. H. Clark. 
