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Series III. 



Palmata-growp. 



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A. spicata, Carpenter. A. 2. 2. (2). 

 A. conjungens, Carpenter. A. 2. 2. 2. ^« 



Genus ACTINOMETRA, Midler, 



Series I. 



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A. notata, sp. n. R. — '■ — - 



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Description of the Specimens. 



Antedon elegans, Bell. 

 Specific Formula. A. E. 3. 2. (2). 



1882. Antedon elegans, Bell, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 534. 

 1882. Antedon elegans, Carpenter, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, 

 pp. 746, 747. 



1884. Antedon elegans, Bell, llep. Zool Call. H.M.S. 'Alert, 1 Lond. 

 1884, p. 162, pi. xiiL figs. B, 6 a. 



1888. Antedon fluctuans (elegans), Carpenter, Zool. 'Chall* Exped. 

 part lx. 1888, pp. 94, 264, pi. viii. 



Habitat. King Island. Five specimens. Two of them " sub- 

 littoral ;" two u on corals ;" one with the cirri coiled round a 

 Gorgoniid. 



Remarks. This species was first described by Bell in the 

 'Alert ' Report. But he overlooked its most important character, 

 the syzygial union of the two outer radials. Three examples of 

 it were dredged by the ' Challenger,' and were described by 

 myself as Antedon fluctuans ; for I was then in ignorance of the 

 real character of A. elegans. This I only discovered subse- 

 quently, when examining Bell's type for the purpose of deter- 

 mining its relation to the other tridistichate species of Antedon 

 with articulated radials. The sheet containing the description of 

 A. fluctuans had then been printed off, and the plate lettered with 

 this name; but a note was inserted further on in the Report* to 

 point out the identity of A. fluctuans with A. elegans, Bell ; and 

 the latter name was used both in the classified list of Antcdon- 



* Zool. ' Challenger ' Exped. part lx., 1888, p. 2G4. 



