NO. 15 RECENT CRINOIDS IN BRITISH MUSEUM — CLARK 13 



COMASTER MULTIBRACHIATA (P. H. Carpenter) 



Actinometra multibrachiata 1888. P. H. Carpenter, "Challenger" Report, 

 Comatulae, p. 299 (1). 



1. Banda; 17 fathoms. — One specimen, exactly like the large speci- 

 mens which I have recorded from the Philippine Islands ; the sub- 

 radial clefts are large and deep. 



COMASTER DISTINCTA (P. H. Carpenter) 



Actinometra distincia 1888. P. H. Carpenter, " Challenger " Report, Comatu- 



las, p. 295 (1). 

 Actinometra parvicirra 1888. P. H. Carpenter, T. c, p. 338 (2). — 1894. 



Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 396 (3). 

 Antedon brevicirra 1894. Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 400 (4). 



i. Zamboanga; 10 fathoms. — One specimen. 



2. Zamboanga; 10 fathoms. — One specimen ; there are apparently 

 twenty-one arms ; one cirrus remains, with twelve segments. The 

 characteristic terminal combs and the presence of combs on the distal 

 pinnules show that this is a species of Comaster and not of Coman- 

 thus. 



3. Macclesfield Bank. — One specimen with between thirty-five and 

 forty arms. 



4. Macclesfield Bank; 20-35 fathoms. — One small specimen with 

 numerous cirri and about forty-five arms. 



COMASTER FRUTICOSUS A. H. Clark 

 Actinometra regalis 1894. Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 396 (1). 



I. Macclesfield Bank; 30 fathoms. — One specimen; the cirri are 

 XVII, 13-15 ; there are about one hundred and fifty arms. 



Genus COMANTHERIA A. H. Clark 

 COMANTHERIA ALTERNANS (P. H. Carpenter) 



Actinometra alternans 1884. Bell, "Alert" Report, p. 169 (1). 



i. Port Molle; 12-20 fathoms; rock; " Alert." — One fine specimen. 



COMANTHERIA BRIAREUS (Bell) 



Antedon briarens 1884. Bell, "Alert" Report, p. 163 (1). 

 Actinometra diiaricata 1888. P. H. Carpenter, "Challenger" Report, Co- 

 matulae, p. 332 (2). 

 Actinometra parvicirra 1894. Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 394 (3). 

 Actinometra duplex Brit. Mus., MS. (4). 

 Actinometra typica Brit. Mus., MS. (5). 



