Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (H. L. Clark, 1915)

Kogo, Ichizo, Fujita, Toshihiko & Kubodera, Tsunemi, 2019, Shallow-water Comatulids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from Ambon and Lombok Islands, Indonesia, Species Diversity 24, pp. 229-246 : 234-235

Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum (H. L. Clark, 1915)

Comanthus luteofuscum H. L. Clark, 1915: 102 .

Comanthus luteofusea —H. L. Clark 1921: 18.

Clarkcomanthus luteofuscum — Rowe et al. 1986: 233, figs 2c, d, 7a, b; Fabricius 1994: 1228 (table); Messing 1994: 239 (list); 1998b: 189 (table); 2007: 97; Rowe and Gates 1995: 142; Kogo 1998: 50, fig. 39; MarshallCrossland and Price 1999: 25; Kirkendale and Messing 2003: 530; Kogo and Fujita 2005: 335; Summers et al. 2014: 336.

Comanthus samoana (not of A. H. Clark, 1909f)—A. H. Clark 1931: 593 (part); 1936: 298 (part).

Comanthus samoanus (not of A. H. Clark, 1909f)— Meyer and Macurda 1980: 81.

Cenolia samoana (not of A. H. Clark, 1909f)—H. L. Clark 1946: 36 (part).

Material examined. 3 specimens. Ambon Is. NSMT E-8141 (1 specimen), E-8142 (1), Tial , 10 m, November 30, 1992; NSMT E-8190 (1), Lilibooi, 15–20 m, December 9, 1992 .

Description. Centrodorsal small, discoidal, 3.1–3.3 mm across, up to 1.2 mm thick, with cirrus sockets aligned in 1, partly 2 rows. Cirr XVII–XX, 13–15, 8– 10 mm long. Longest cirrals (5 th –7 th) 1.2 times longer than wide; cirrals beyond 7 th with transverse ridge; 2–4 distal cirrals usually with aboral spine. Radials mostly concealed by centrodorsal. IBr 2: Ibr 1 trapezoidal, in contact laterally, Ibr 2 (axil) triangular, free laterally. IIBr 2 or 4(3+4). III–IVBr 4(3+4), rarely 2. Arms stout, 33–46, 60– 75 mm long; anterior arms not much longer than posterior arms; first syzygy at br 3+4. PII longest, 11–14 mm long, of 30–35 segments; combs of 10–12 discrete teeth confluent with outer edge of pinnulars. PII, PIII, and P 1 much longer than succeeding pinnules. Pinnule combs to P 2.

Distribution. Western, northern, and eastern Australia, Indonesia, Melanesia ( Rowe et al. 1986); Sumatra ( MarshallCrossland and Price 1999); Great Barrier Reef ( Fabricius 1994); Sulu Sea, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia ( Messing 1994, 1998b, 2007; Kirkendale and Messing 2003); Japan ( Kogo and Fujita 2005). Depth range: 0–18 m ( Rowe et al. 1986).