BARBADOS-ANTIGUA REPORTS 11 



There are in the British Museum the following erinoids from 

 Barbados : 



Comactinia echinoptera Endoxocrinus parroB 



Stylometra spinifera Holopus rangii 



The Kiel Museum contains two erinoids from Barbados, col- 

 lected in 1873 : 



Nemaster discoidea Comactinia meridionalis 



In the Hamburg Museum there is the following crinoid from 

 Barbados : 



Isocrinus decorum 



Thus the known crinoid fauna of Barbados in 1913 included 

 the following seventeen species: 



Neocomatella piilchella Crinometra coronata 



Neocomatella alata Coccometra Jiagenii 



Nemaster ruhiginosa Isocrinus astena 



Nemaster discoidea Isocrinus decorus 



Leptonemaster venustus Isocrinus hlakei 



Comactinia echinoptera Endoxocrinus parrcB 



Comactinia meridionalis Holopus rangii 



Stylometra spinifera Democrinus rawsonii 

 Bythocrinus rohustus 



It is interesting that specimens of the following, practically 

 half of the total number, had been brought up on fishermen's 

 lines or captured in other ways without the assistance of elab- 

 orate dredging gear : 



Nemaster discoidea Isocrinus asteria 



Coimictinia echinoptera Isocrinus decorus 



Comactinia meridionalis Endoxocrinus parrce 



Stylometra spinifera Holopus rangii 



Indeed, Isocrinus asteria and Holopus rangii have both been 

 found washed up on the beaches. 



The West Indian Crinoid Fauna 



There are known from recent seas 576 described species of 

 erinoids, representing 142 genera which are distributed among 

 28 families and subfamilies; of these, 76 species, included in 22 



