Alloeocomatella pectinifera (A. H. Clark, 1911c )

Kogo, Ichizo, Fujita, Toshihiko & Kubodera, Tsunemi, 2019, Shallow-water Comatulids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from Ambon and Lombok Islands, Indonesia, Species Diversity 24, pp. 229-246 : 231

Alloeocomatella pectinifera (A. H. Clark, 1911c)

Comissia pectinifer A. H. Clark, 1911c: 644 ; 1912a: 78; 1913: 6; 1929: 636; 1931: 255, pl. 25 figs 69, 70.

Comissia pectinifera —A. M. Clark and Spencer Davis 1966: 598 (list); A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971: 14 (key); Messing 1994: 239 (list).

Comissia magnifica (not of Gislén, 1922)— Kogo 1998: 20, fig. 15.

Alloeocomatella pectinifera — Messing 1995: 445, figs 3e–g, i, j, 5, 6; 1998b: 189 (table); 2001: 291; 2007: 99; MarshallCrossland and Price 1999: 25; Kogo 2002: 6; Kogo and Fujita 2005: 328.

Material examined. 4 specimens. Ambon Is. NSMT E-8151 (1 specimen), Silale , 15 m, December 2, 1992; NSMT E-8167 (1), Silale, 15 m, December 3, 1992; NSMT E-8170 (1), Eri, 10 m, December 4, 1992 . Lombok Is. NSMT E-8194 (1), Gili Air I ., February 3, 1994.

Description. Centrodorsal thin discoidal, roundish or pentagonal in aboral view, 4–7 mm across, 1–1.5 mm thick, with cirrus sockets in 2 irregular rows. Cirri XXXII (or wholly lost), 18–19, about 15 mm long. Longest cirrals (4 th – 7 th) about 2 times longer than wide; cirrals beyond 6 th with aboral spine. Radials wholly concealed by centrodorsal. IBr 2: Ibr 1 trapezoidal, free laterally, Ibr 2 (axil) low pentagonal. IIBr not present. Arms 10, 90–130 mm long; first syzygy at br 3+4. P 1 longest, 15–18 mm long, of 40–50 segments; combs of 22–33 teeth confluent with outer edge of pinnulars, excessively long, nearly a half of pinnule length. Pinnule combs to P 4.

Distribution. Indonesia, Philippines (A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971); Maldives, northern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Melanesia ( Messing 1995, 1998b); Sumatra ( MarshallCrossland and Price 1999); Japan ( Kogo 1998, 2002; Kogo and Fujita 2005). Depth range: 3–23 m ( Messing 1995).