Mariametridae A. H. Clark, 1909e

Kogo, Ichizo, Fujita, Toshihiko & Kubodera, Tsunemi, 2019, Shallow-water Comatulids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from Ambon and Lombok Islands, Indonesia, Species Diversity 24, pp. 229-246 : 240

Family Mariametridae A. H. Clark, 1909e Stephanometra indica ( Smith, 1876)

Comatula indica Smith, 1876: 406 .

Stephanometra indica —A. H. Clark 1909c: 10 (list); 1911b: 26; 1912a: 135; 1913: 29; 1918: 97; 1937: 88; 1952: 267; H. L. Clark 1946: 45; A. M. Clark and Spencer Davis 1966: 598 (list); A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971: 24 (key); A. M. Clark 1972: 107, fig. 10f–h; Meyer and Macurda 1980: 86; Marshall and Rowe 1981: 394; Fabricius 1994: 1228 (table); Messing 1994: 239 (list); 1998b: 189 (table); 2007: 100; Rowe and Gates 1995: 159; Kogo 1998: 63, fig. 50; MarshallCrossland and Price 1999: 27; Lane et al. 2000: 477 (table); Pilcher and Messing 2001: 16 (table); Kirkendale and Messing 2003: 534; Kogo and Fujita 2005: 338; Rankin and Messing 2008: 11, figs 1–3a–c, 4a–c, 10–14; Mekhova and Britayev 2012: 915; Messing and Tay 2016: 653.

Antedon monacantha Hartlaub, 1890: 179 .

Stephanometra monacantha — Reichensperger 1913: 102.

Antedon spicata Carpenter, 1881: 190 ; 1888: 225 (key), 380; 1889: 310, pl. 27 figs 3–5.

Stephanometra spicata —A. H. Clark 1909c: 10 (list); 1912a: 132; 1918: 95 (key); 1934: 11; 1937: 88, 100; 1941: 424, pl. 49 figs 223, 224, pl. 91 fig. 447; Gislén 1938b: 13; Kogo 1998: 62, fig. 49; 2002: 18; Kogo and Fujita 2005: 339.

Material examined. 3 specimens. Ambon Is. NSMT E-8112 (1 specimen), E-8113 (1), E-8122 (1), Pombo I ., 10 m, November 28, 1992.

Description. Centrodorsal low hemispherical, 4–6 mm across, 2 mm thick, with cirrus sockets in 2–3 alternating rows and concave aboral pole. Cirri XXVII–XXXV, 19–25, 17– 27 mm long. Longest cirrals (6 th –12 th) about 1.2 times longer than wide; cirrals beyond 11 th with low aboral crest. Radials wholly concealed by centrodorsal. IBr 2: Ibr 1 oblong, free laterally; Ibr 2 (axil) low pentagonal. IIBr and IIIBr all 2. Division series with rounded adambulacral lateral processes. Arms 20–30, 80– 140 mm long; first syzygy at br 3+4. P 2 and P 3 similar, stiff and erect, 14–16 mm long, of 13–16 segments, much longer and stouter than P 1 and P 4.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indonesia, western, northern, and eastern Australia, Philippines, China (A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971; Rowe and Gates 1995); southern Vietnam ( Mekhova and Britayev 2012); Sumatra ( MarshallCrossland and Price 1999); Singapore (A. M. Clark 1972; Messing and Tay 2016); Sulu Sea, Papua New Guinea, Micronesia ( Meyer and Macurda 1980; Messing 1994, 1998b, 2007; Kirkendale and Messing 2003); Great Barrier Reef ( Fabricius 1994); South Pacific Ocean (A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971); South China Sea ( Lane et al. 2000); Japan (A. M. Clark and Rowe 1971; Kogo 1998, 2002; Pilcher and Messing 2001; Kogo and Fujita 2005). Depth range: 0–245 m ( Lane et al. 2000).