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Fam. : Tropiometridae, A. H. Clark. 
Genus : Tropiometra, A. H. Clark. 
TROPIOMETRA AFRA (Hartlaub). 
Tropiometra afra, 1911. A. H. Clark, The Recent Crinoids of Australia, p. 780. 
1912, A. H. Clark, The Crinoids of the Indian Ocean, p. 176. 1912, 
A. H. Clark, The Crinoids of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg, 
p. 28. 
Locality. Between Fremantle and Geraldton. 
Depth. 60-80 fathoms. 
Material. Two specimens ; one of these has an arm length 
of about 220 mm. ; the centrodorsal is thick discoidal, 10 mm. in 
diameter and 4 mm. high interradially ; the cirri are XXIII, 34-35, 
35 mm - to 40 mm. long ; the other is similar, with arms 225 mm. 
long. The colour in life was dark purplish brown. 
Remarks. This species differs from T. macrodiscus of southern 
Japan in its smaller and more slender cirri ; T. afra , which is 
represented in the museums of the world by only three specimens 
other than the two described above, was previously known only 
from Bowen, Qeeensland, where two specimens were collected, 
more than fifty years ago, by the representatives of the famous 
Godeffroy company of Hamburg; the third specimen was brought 
home from the “ South Pacific ” by the United States Exploring 
Expedition. 
Fam : Calometridae, A. H. Clark. 
Genus: Neometra, A. H. Clark. 
NEOMETRA GORGONIA, Sp. Nov. 
Locality. Between Fremantle and Geraldton. 
Depth. 80-120 fathoms. 
Material. Seven specimens. 
Description of the type specimen. The centrodorsal is 
discoidal, broad, with a broad and flat dorsal pole 5 mm. to 6 mm. 
in diameter ; the cirrus sockets are arranged in one and a partial 
second crowned and irregular marginal row. 
