INDIAN OCEAN ECHINODERMS 



Class Crinoidea 



Family COMASTERIDAE 



1. Alloeocomatella pectinifera (AM. Clark, 1911) 



SEE. Clark and Rowe, 1971:6-7; Hoggett and Rowe, 1986:122; 

 Messing, 1995: 644. 



Material. NHM - 810501C/2 (2), 810505C/1 (1); WAM - 

 810425F/2 (1); SM - 810421A/1 (1). 



Collection sites. Sabang Bay, Seukundo, and Ug Seukundo. 

 Pula We, Sumatra. 



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Habitat and depth. Soft coral, 2- 10m. 



Habitats and depth range. 

 gorgonian; 2-30m. 



Subtidal rock/coral, coral reef, on 



Comments. The species was described by A.H. Clark ( 19 1 1 ) and 

 placed (with reservation) in the genus Comissia, later to be included 

 in a new genus Alloeocomatella by Messing ( 1995). The species has 

 been found in the Maldives, Indonesia, the Great Barrier Reef 

 (GBR) of Australia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and the 

 Marshall Islands. 



2. Capillaster multiradiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 



SEE. Clark and Rowe , 1971:6-7. 



Material. NHM - 810422E/3 (1), 810423C/4 (2), 810425F/2 

 (4),810426B/1(1),810427D/3(2),810428D/2(1),810430A/1(1), 

 810430A/7(1), 810430A/23(1),810430A/30(1).810430A/31(1), 

 810504 A/2 (1); WAM -810422C/3 (1), 810422D/9 (1), 8 10424D/5 

 (1), 810425B/1 (2), 810525E/1 (2), 810425E/2 (2), 810427D/1 (1), 

 810428D/1 (1), 810430A/1 1(1), 810430A/22a(l), 810430A/25 (1 

 of 2), 810430A/24b (1), 810430A/29 (1); SM - 810422C/4 (1), 

 810422D/7 (1), 810424B/4 (1), 810425F/1 (4), 810425F/4 (2), 

 810425F/5 (1), 810426A/1 (1), 810430A/10 (1), 810430A/21b (1), 

 8 10430 A/2 Id (2), 810430A/25 (1 of 2). 



COLLECTION SITES. Klah, Seulakoe, Sabang Bay, Ug Murung, Ug 

 Tapa Gadja, Ug Seukundo and Rubiah, Pula We', Sumatra. 



Habitats and depth range. Subtidal rock, coral reef, coral 

 rubble, fire coral, soft coral and gorgonian; 2-30m. 



COMMENT. This species is well-known across the Indo-Pacific 

 region. However, its habitat varies; in some regions it inhabits 

 exposed situations, in others it is cryptic. Specimens have been 

 recorded from 0.5-1 m in Madagascar, to 77 m in the Bay of Bengal 

 (Clark, 1972). In this collection, habitat and depth also varied. 



3. Capillaster sentosus (Carpenter, 1888) 

 See. Clark and Rowe, 1 97 1 : 6-7. 

 Material. WAM - 8 1 050 1 C/4 ( 1 ). 

 Collection site. Ug Seukundo, Pula We, Sumatra. 

 Habitat and depth. Subtidal rock; 20m. 



4. Clarkcomanthus albinotus Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and 

 Vail, 1986. 



See. Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 1986: 238. 



Material. WAM - 8 1 0428E/ 1 ( 1 ) . 



COLLECTION sites. Ug Tapa Gadja, Pula We, Sumatra. 



Comment. This is a marked extension of range for this species, 

 previously only recorded from the Great Barrier Reef, Papua New 

 Guinea (Messing, 1994) and Japan. 



5. Clarkcomanthus littoralis (Carpenter, 1888) 



See. Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 1986: 236. 



Material. NHM - 810423D/1 (broken), 810425C/3 (1), 

 810428C/4 (2); WAM - 8 10420 A/2 (fragmented), 810430A/12 (1), 

 810501A/3 (1), 810504C/4 (1); SM -810421C/2 (1), 810428E/2 

 (1), 810430A/19U). 



COLLECTION SITES. Klah, Seukundo, Ug Bau, Subang Bay, Ug 

 Tapa Gadja and Ug Seukundo, Pula We', Sumatra. 



Habitats and depth range. Subtidal rock/coral, coral reef; 2- 

 10m. 



6. Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (H.L. Clark, 1915) 

 See. Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 1986: 233. 

 Material. WAM - 810427D/1 ( 1 ). 



Collection sites. Ug Murung, Pula We', Sumatra. 

 Habitat and depth. Soft coral, 2-10m. 



7. Comanthina nobilis (Carpenter, 1884) 



See. Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 1986: 243. 



Material. NHM-810425A/18d (2), 810425D/1 (1), 810430A/ 

 34(l);WAM-810425A/18e(2), 810430A/16 (1); SM-810425A/ 

 18 (1), 810430A/2 (1), 810501A/5 (2). 



Collection sites. Ug Murung and Ug Seukundo, Pula We, 

 Sumatra. 



Habitats and depth range. Subtidal rock/coral, coral reef; 6- 

 30m. 



8. Comanthina schlegelii (Carpenter, 1881) 



See. Clark and Rowe, 1971:6-7; Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 

 1986: 244. 



Material. NHM-810422D/4(1), 810423A/2 (1), 810430A/13 

 (1), 810504C/3 (1); WAM - 810423C/2a (1), 810430A/6 (1), 

 810504C/1 (1); SM - 810421C/1 (1), 810421C/4 (1), 810424D/3 

 (1). 



COLLECTION SITES. Seukundo, Klah, Ug Bau and Ug Seukundo, 

 Pula We', Sumatra. 



Habitat and depth range. Subtidal rock and coral reef; 5-20m. 



9. Comanthus briareus (Bell, 1882) 



See. Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles and Vail, 1986:218 



Material. NHM - 8 10424B/5 ( 1 ); WAM - 8 10204A/8 ( 1 ). 



Collection SITES. Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka; Seulakoe, Pula We, 

 Sumatra. 



Habitat and depth range. Coral reef; 3-5m, 20-30m. 



Comment. The Sri Lankan specimen is a new locality record for 



