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Lamprometra A. H. Clark. 
A. H. Clark. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 26, 191 3, p. 143. 
Key to the Species of the Genus Lamprometra. 
a' P., very lony^, rather stiff, and very stout, though tapering gradually to a delicate 
and more or less flagellate tip; on the outer arms of each IBr series (or on 
the outer arms of each IIBr series if the specimen be very large) P^ is very, 
much larger and longer than elsewhere; P^, is usually much larger and longer 
than Pj or P.,, and the latter is usually but slightly longer than P^ (Ceylon to 
China, Oceania and northeastern Australia, reaching Hong 
Kong, the Philippine, Caroline, Marshall and Hawaiian Islands, 
F i j i , T o n g a a n d N e w C a 1 e d o n i a) protedus ^) 
a' P„, though much elongated and somewhat stiffened, is slender and but slightly 
enlarged, resembling Pj in character but of greater length 
b^ basal segments of the pro.ximal pinnules not carinate ; P., more nearly 
resembling P„ than P^ (Red Sea, and eastward to Muscat) . . paluiata"-') 
\r basal segments of the proximal pinnules strongly carinate ; P., more nearly 
resembling P^ than P„ (Australia, except the southern coast, 
a n d N e w G u i n e a) SyS^^ "') 
I. Lainproinctra protccttis (Llitken). 
J. Mi'LLER. Abhandl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss., 1847 (1849), p. 261 [Coniatiila \Alecto\ 
palmata, part). 
DujARDiN et HUPE. Hist. nat. des Zoophytes. Echinodermes, 1862, p. 208 [Coinatula dividua 
and C. polyactinis). 
LUTKEN. Catalogue Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 5, 1874, p. 190 [Antedon protectus). 
in P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Zo5l.), series 2, vol. 2, 1879, p. 19 {Antedon protectus). 
P. H. Carpenter. Notes from the Leyden Museum, vol. 3, 1881, p. 1S7 [Antedon brevi- 
cuneata); p. 189 {Antedon laevicirra); p. 192 {Antedon protecta). 
Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 16, 1882, p. 504 [Antedon aequipmna) ; p. 505 {Antedon 
imparipinna). 
Bell. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1888, pp. 384, 387 {Antedon palmata). 
P. H. Carpenter. "Challenger" Reports. Comatulae, 1888, p. 225 {Antedon protecta); p. 233, 
pi. 45, fig. I [Antedon conjnngens); p. 235, pi. 47, figs, i — 3 [Antedon similis); p. 236, 
pi. 48, figs. I, 2; pi. 49, figs. 3, 4 {Antedon occulta). 
Bell. Willey's Zoological Results, vol. 2, 1889, p. 133 {Antedon indica). 
P. H. Carpenter. Journ. Linn. Soc. (Zool.), vol. 21, 1889, p. 311 {Antedon conjujigens). 
Hartlaub. Nachr. Ges. Gottingen, Mai 1890, p. 176 {Antedon lepida); p. 180 [Antedon pro- 
tecta); p. 181 {Antedon ainboinensis). 
1) Synonyms Comatula dividua and C. polyactitiis Dujardin et Hiipe, Antedon aequifinna^ A. bicvicuncata., A. conjnngens, A. 
imparipinna., A. laevicirra., A. occulta and A. similis P. H. Carpenter, .Antedon amhoinensis., A. lepida and A. snhtilis Hartlaub; Antedon 
okelli Chadwick; Himerometra heliasler A. H. Clark; and Lamprometra hrachypecha and t. calUpecha H. L. Clark. 
2) Synonyms Comattila Uucomelas Leuckart, C. scita Dujardin et Hupe, and Antedon klunzingeri Hartlaub. 
3) Synonym Antedon tencra Hartlaub. 
