REPORT ON THE ECH1NODERMS (OTHER THAN HOLO- 

 THURIANS) COLLECTED BY DR WILLEY. 



By F. JEFFREY BELL, M.A. (Oxon.), 

 Emeritus Professor in King's College, London. 



With Figures on PI. XVII, and One Figure in the text. 



Dr Willey's collection of Echinoderms having been made in the intertropical area 

 of what Mr T. Lyman called the " Great Ocean " contains, as was to be expected, a 

 large number of well-known and widely distributed species; but he has, I am glad 

 to say, been successful in finding Prof. Studer's Astropyga elastica, though he has not 

 been equally happy as regards Schleinitzia crenularis, which I should very much like 

 to see. He has obtained also some very interesting early stages of various Echinoderms, 

 which will be useful when the changes that occur in species receive the attention they 

 deserve. One very remarkable Echinoid will be duly described in its proper systematic 

 place, and a figure is given of a young starfish as to which I am quite unable to offer 

 any suggestions. 



CRINOIDEA. 



J. Antedon indica. 



Comatula indica, E. A. Smith, Phil. Trans, vol. 168 (1879), p. 564. 

 Antedon indica, P. H. Carpenter, Chall. Rep., Comatulae (1888), p. 22"). 

 Loc. Blanche Bay, New Britain. 



The specimens described by Mr Smith came from Rodriguez, so the area of the 

 species is largely increased. 



2. Antedon tubercidata. 



Antedon tubercidata, P. H. Carpenter, Chall. Rep., Comatulae (1888), p. 232. 

 Loc. Fiji. 



This species does not appear to have been found since the 'Challenger' dredged 



a single specimen near Kandavu in 1874. Like Carpenter, I can distinguish it from 

 A. indica. 



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