The Crinoius i-'K(im Dk. S. I^oc^k's Kxpkdition to Japan li)14. 5!* 



Sp. 2 (St. 47 1 C. Mil It; 2.,^— 3 mm. 3" and 4"' segments L = 

 2 1 2 X br. 



Aims X, I") — 2(» mm. The ;irm-l)asfs rather seiTate. Between 

 \h- I and 2 a closo syiuutliry. Syzygios with an intefval of 3 oblique 

 articiihitions. P^ jand P., when inH'scntj witli a shoi't, high comb of 

 4 — 5T. P.j lacking. No distal pinnnles with combs 



Mouth central. Disk 1,2 mm. Anal funnel short, wai't-shaped; 

 the anal interradius with calcareous plates in the skin, but no papilUc. 



Sp. S (St. 44| C. Xlll !t— 10: 3-4 mm. 3''— 5'" segments L = 

 2 X br. — li - s li=' 7 bi-. I \^\■ 1 h =1/.-. br. laterally free, articula- 

 ting closely with the axillary, which is pentagonal h--=-/3 br. Br 1 basally 

 united inside. Syzygies as in Sj,, 2 (St. 47 1 Anns X. 22 nun. Br- 

 segments rather long, distally somewhat bent outwards and spiny. 

 Proximal pai'ts of the ai'ms well separated. Disk reaching to Br 2. 

 \\ 21 (5 large T( 2... iiini. The height of the teeth = 'a X the br of 

 pinnular. P.,. P.^ and sometimes P^ absent. Piniuilars very spiny. 

 Distal p. 14: 3 mm. (The 3'' and following segments L = 4 X br). No 

 coml)s on the distal |). 



Disk 3 mm. .Anal cone siibceiilral, swollen. |iapillated. 



Young forms of Comantheria idiuilnfiil wlietliiT .--[i. 2 hclojius to lliis jii'iius). 



^/>. 1. (St. 4.")) ('. XI\' 11-17: 3— (').., nun. 4"' segment the lon- 

 gest. L= 1 ' n — 1 ' 2 X l)r. From ihe 7"' segment a dorsal prominence 

 fixed a little before the distal mai-gin. ()|)posing spine h = ' a of the 

 br of (he segment, coarsei- and more pointed than the preceding ones. 

 Ciri-i from the dorsal whorl considerably more tender. 



P s h ' 7 l)r. 1 Br 1 h - ' 3 t)r. latt'rally fi'ee. a weak syiiar- 

 thiial tubercle ^\•ith the axillar\-. which has the h= '2 bi', with some- 

 what concave distal margins. Syzygies 3 •- 4, 11 + 12, Iti f- 17 etc. 

 with an interval (d' -I oi)li(pie ailiculations. Br:s 1 united inside to ^ 3. 

 Arms X. broken, ir» imn, '. The arm-l)ases tolerably smootii, after jir 

 7 with the distal nuu-gins a little bent ontwards and spiny. Breadth 

 of the arms pi'oximnlly <>.« — 0,8 mm. 



P, 27 (!»— II rather low. triangular T. h ^4 of the segment) 

 Ji..=. mm. P., <■» T: 3 mm.. P., rudimentary. P, without a conil> II: I..' nun. 



