390 ANTEDON. 
visible, so that the axial radial appears almost sessile. The radials of two contiguous arms, and 
the first brachials of the same pair well separated down to the angle. Arms convex on dorsal 
side. Syzygia composed of three or seldom four articulations, with very oblique joints, and very 
finely denticulated edges, better recognized by the touch than by the eye. The first three or 
four pinnules of the arms long and nearly equal, the pinnules of the middle of the arm shorter than 
those of the base or extremity. Arms about three inches long. Color pale greenish, turning 
white in alcohol. All the specimens had the pinnules filled with eggs. Quite abundant in 100 
fathoms off Sand Key.’’— (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., 5, No. 6, p. 111). 
Das Material, welches dieser Beschreibung zu Grunde liegt, stammt, wie 
schon bemerkt wurde, von der kurzen Fahrt des U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 
‘‘Corwin”’ im Jahre 1867, ‘“‘May 17, Pos. 1, 90-100fms., 5m. 8. 8. W. of Sand 
Key, Fla.” Pourtalés haben viele Exemplare vorgelegen, wie aus der eben 
citirten Beschreibung hervorgeht; schon oben wurde erwahnt, dass das einzige 
uns vorliegende Exemplar vermuthlich — es spricht hierfiir der Fundort und 
das Fehlen einer ‘‘ Blake” Etiquette — eins der von Pourtalés gefischten Exem- 
plare ist. 
Eine kurze Beschreibung gab Pourtalés im folgenden Jahre (1869): 
“A. hageni Pourt. (Comatula hageni Pourt., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zoél.). This species ap- 
proaches nearer A. rosacea than any of the other species found in this region; it differs, however, 
in some important parts, such as the form of the centrodorsal plate, of the ovaries, of the joints 
of the cirrhi, ete. The arms are rounded, more flexible, and can be coiled entirely over the back. 
Found from 94 to 195 fathoms.” 
(List of the Crinoids obtained on the Coast of Florida and Cuba, by the U.S. Coast Survey 
Gulf Stream Expeditions, in 1867, 1868, 1869, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., 1, p. 355). 
Ueber das spiter vom ‘‘Blake”’ gesammelte Material schrieb Pourtalés: 
“A. hageni Pourt. The young are marked with dark brown spots arranged in pairs on the 
beginning of the arms, but becoming confluent towards the end. In the adult the spots are hardly 
apparent. 
Station 32, Lat. 23° 52’ N., Long. 88° 5’ W., 95fms. 
(Sigsbee) Lat. 22° 9’ N., Long. 82° 21’ W., 177fms. 
«Lat. 22° 93’ N., Long. 82° 212’ W., 242fms.” 
(Reports on the Dredging Operations of the U. 8. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake.” Bull. 
Mus. Comp. Zodl., 5, p. 214, 1878). 
Sehr wichtig, besonders in kritischer Hinsicht, sind die Ausfiihrungen P. H. 
Carpenters, welchem ein grosses Material, offenbar das den eben citirten Be- 
schreibungen von Pourtalés zu Grunde liegende, zu Gebote stand, wihrend wir 
selbst nach seinem Tode, wie schon erwihnt, nur ein einziges Exemplar erhiel- 
ten. Die Bemerkungen P. H. Carpenters in seinem ‘Preliminary Report” 
lauten: 
“Of all the Antedon species dredged by the U. 8. Coast Survey, that with the widest range 
within the Caribbean Sea is the little ten-armed A. hageni Pourt. It was obtained by the “Blake” 
on the Yucatan Bank, and also at various stations between Dominica and Grenada, at different 
depths between 75 and 291 fathoms; while Mr. Pourtalés dredged it in great abundance at several 
1 Nach List of Dredging Stations. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., 6. 
