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Capillaster muUinuliata 1909. A. H. Clark, Vidensk. Medd. fra den naturhist. 



Forening i Kobenhavn, 1909, p. 134. 



Localities. — Off Colombo Light House, Ceylon ; 26^ fathoms. — Two specimens ; 

 one of these has eighteen arms about 90 mm. long, gradually increasing in 

 diaftieter to about the twelfth brachial, and gradually tapering from that point 

 onward, composed of very short discoidal brachials. 



East of the Terribles; 13 fathoms. — One specimen. 



Arrakan coast, Burma. — Two specimens, one with nineteen, the other with 

 twenty-six arms. 



Tico miles off Great West Torres Island, Mergui Archipelago. — One small 

 specimen. 



Andaman Islands. — Nine specimens. Four of these are small ; of the others 

 one has thirteen arms, one fifteen, one seventeen, one nineteen, and one twenty- 

 one ; the arras of the fifteen-armed specimen are 100 mm. long with short dis- 

 coidal brachials which overlap very strongly ; the thirteen-armed specimen is of 

 full size with the short discoidal brachials of the fully adult. 



Off Rutland Island, Andamans ; 35 fathoms. — One specimen with twelve arms 

 85 mm. long composed of short discoidal brachials ; the eversion of the distal 

 ends of the brachials is more marked than usual ; the eversion of the distal ends 

 of the cirrus segments is exceedingly strong and continues all around except on 

 the middle of the ventral side, not being confined to the middle of the dorsal 

 side as usual ; the central spines on the dorsal side of the cirrus segments are 

 correspondingly enlarged. 



? India.— 'Five specimens, all small or medium sized. 



Southern portion of the Straits of Malacca. — Five specimens with from 

 seventeen to twenty-one arms. 



Malay Archipelago ; 100 fathoms. — One specimen with forty arms about 70 

 mm. long. 



Malay Archipelago ; 160 fathoms. — Two specimens, each with about forty 

 arms 70 mm. long. 



West of South Arulaman Island (IT 49' 30" N. lat., 92° 55' 00" E. long.) ; 55 

 fathoms; bottom, saml and stones. — Four specimens, two with eleven, one with 

 twelve, and one with thirteen arms. 



Eight miles west of Interview Islaml, Andamans ; 45 fathoms. — One specimen 

 with eleven arms 85 mm. long. 



Other Records. — ' Indian Seas"; " Austraha " ; Prince of Wales Channel ; 

 Torres Strait: Dampier Archipelago; north-western Australia; Flinders, Clair- 

 mont ; Dirk Hartog Island; Tizaid Reef ; Blanche Bay, New Britain; Straits 

 of Sunda ; Sunda Islands ; Amboina ; Java ; Java Sea ; Sumatra ; Banda ; 

 Singapore ; Ternate ; Zamboanga ; Bohol ; Philippines ; North Borneo ; Maccles- 

 field Bank ; Nicobar Islands ; Tuticorin, Madras ; Ceylon; Trinquemale, Ceylon ; 

 Maldive Archipelago; Male, Maldives; China Sea; Formosa (Taiwan); Ruk 

 Island, Carohnes; Kagoshima, Japan; southern Japan ; St. Mathias Island. 



