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Till.; RKCENT CUINOIDS OF AUSTKALIA— CLMiK. ()99 



COMATULA SOLAR [S {Lamarck.) 



Comatuhi Solaris, 1816, Lamarck, Hist. »at. des animaux sans 

 vertebres, vol. 2, p. 53.3 (Australia). 



Actinometra imperialis, 1S41, J. Miiller, Arcliiv. fiir Naturgesch., 

 1841, i., p. 140 (unknown locality). 



Actinometra robusta, 1879, P. H. Carpenter, Trans. Linn. See, 

 (Zool.), [2] ii., p. 86, pi. V , figs. 10-15 (Australia) ; 1882, 

 Jouni. Linn. See. (Zool.), vol. 16, p. 517 {Aiistralia) ; 1884, 

 Bell, Report Zool. Coll. H.M.S. " Alert," p. \67 (Port Curtis; 

 Sta. IJfJf. ['^ 2^rohahly Thursday Island."]). 



Actinometra alhonotaia, 1882, Bell, Proc. Zool. fSoc. 1882, p. 535 

 (Albany Island). 



Actinometra Solaris, 1884, Bell, Rep. Zool. Coll. H.M.S. " Alert," 

 p. 164 {Warrio7' Reef; Prince of Wales Channel; Port 

 Curtis; Torres Strait ; Thursday Island : Albany Island) ; 

 1885, Bell, Proc. Linn. See. N.S. Wales, vol. 9, p. 498 {Port 

 Molle); 1888, P. H. Carpenter, "Challenger" Report, Zool., 

 vol. 26, p. 2^d> {Channel between Albany Island and Somerset, 

 8-12 fatho7ns : off Booby Island, 6 fathoms). — 1898, Dbder- 

 lein, Denkschr. Ges. Jena, vol. viii., p. 478 {Thursday 

 Island). 



Actinometra Solaris, var. albonotata, 1884, Bell, Rep. Zool. Coll. 

 H.M.S. "Alert," p. 164 {Albany Island). 



Actinometra intermedia, 1884, Bell, torn, cit., p. 166 (Albany 



Island); 1885, Bell, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vol. 9, 



p. 498 {Port Molle). 

 Actinometra strota, 1884, Bell, torn, cit., p. 167 {nomen nudem), 



{Port Molle) ; 1884, P. H. Carpenter, " Challenger " Reports, 



Zool. vol. 11, p. 67 (Cape York). 

 Differential Characters. — Comatula Solaris is a large and 

 handsome species vi'ith especially broad, short jointed genital 

 pinnules, and rather stout cirri which have from sixteen to 

 twenty-five segments. As a rule it may be at once distinguished 

 from C. 2y^ctinata by its superior size and more robust build as 

 well as by the more numerous cirrus segments, but occasionally 

 the two species approach each other so closely that the identifica- 

 tion of a given specimen is more or less arbitrary. 



Specimens in the Australian Museum Collection. — Port Molle, 

 Queensland, 14 fathoms — Three specimens. Port Molle — One 

 specimen. Masthead Island Lagoon — One specimen. No locality 

 — Ten specimens. 



Additional Australian Records. — Port Curtis, in 5-11 fathoms; 

 Holothuria Bank ; Thursday Island ; Fitzroy Island ; Albany 

 Island, in 3-4 fathoms; Wariior Reef; Prince of Wales Channel, 



