Clarkcomanthus mirabilis (Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles & Vail, 1986)

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

Clarkcomanthus mirabilis

( Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles, and Vail, 1986)

Comanthus mirabilis Rowe et al., 1986: 226 , fig. 6B, C. Clarkcomanthus mirabilis — Summers et al. 2014: 336.

Material examined. 1 specimen. Lombok Is. NSMT E-8232 (1 specimen), Gili Air I ., February 5, 1994.

Description. Centrodorsal small, stellate in aboral view, 3 mm across, reduced to level with radial-circlet, lacking cirrus sockets and cirri. Radials trapezoidal, 2 mm long, in contact laterally. IBr 2: Ibr 1 trapezoidal, in contact laterally; Ibr 2 (axil) pentagonal, free laterally. IIBr 4(3+4). IIIBr 2, rarely 4(3+4). Arms 39; anterior arms 110 mm, posterior arms 85 mm long; first syzygy at br 3+4. PII longest, 18 mm long, of 49 segments; combs of 12–14 teeth confluent with outer edge of pinnulars, some pinnulars with secondary tooth; most proximal tooth transverse. Pinnule combs to P 2, rarely to P 3 –P 9. Disc covered with many nodules.

Distribution. Philippines, Papua New Guinea ( Messing 1994); northern and eastern Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia. Depth range: 3–18 m ( Rowe et al. 1986).