No. 1623. NOMENCLATURE OF RECENT CRINOIDS—CLARK. 473 
tAntedon gaivensis. 
Antedon garrettiana A. H. Cuark, 1907. 
1907. “A. I. CruarK, Proc. U.S: Nat: Mus. , XXXITI, p. 129; de- 
tailed description, p. 142. 
Type-locality.—32° 33’ 00’ north eran 128° 32” 00’ east 
longitude (Kastern Sea); 95 fathoms. U.S. S. Albatross. 
Lieut.-Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N. 
U. S. National Museum. 
+Antedon gevreyi. 
+Antedon gillerioni. 
+Antedon glandiferus. 
+Antedon globosus. 
Antedon gorgonia bE Frimrnvitie, 1811. 
1811. pe Frewinvitis, Bull. Soc. Philom. (Paris), II, p. 349. 
Type-locality—Havre, France. 
yopyoveios = belonging to the Gorgon. 
It is difficult to see just why there has been so much confusion 
in regard to this species. Dr. P. H. Carpenter follows Lamarck 
in placing it with a query in the synonomy of Comatula cari- 
nata Lamarck, 1816, and says that the type of Antedom is a 
tropical species. It is wholly improbable that any Antedon 
could cling to the growth on a ship’s bottom from the most 
northern point in the range of Comatula carinata all the way 
to Havre without getting swept off or killed by the violent 
wave action to which it would of necessity be subjected; more- 
over, it is extremely doubtful 1f Comatula carinata from the 
littoral zone of the tropics could survive the cold surface water 
of the ocean off the coast of France, even in the summer. On the 
other hand, if there were any individuals of Antedon bifida liv- 
ing about the dock (and the old-fashioned dry dock is very at- 
tractive to marine organisms) it is quite probable that they 
would become disturbed by the commotion caused by an enter- 
ing ship and swim about; and they would be as likely to settle 
on the ship’s bottom as anywhere else. Therefore it seems to 
me that there can be no doubt that the type of Antedon gorgonia 
came from Havre. The figure to which de Fréminville refers 
undoubtedly refers to Asterias bifida. Antedon gorgonia was 
referred unconditionally to Asterias bifida by Bell in 1892, but 
he did not state his reasons for doing it at the time, nor has any- 
thing been published on the subject since. As it is of consider- 
able importance to have a definite type for the genus, the pre- 
ceding remarks may not be entirely superfluous. 
tAntedon gracilis. 
