Shallow-water Comatulids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from Ambon and Lombok Islands, Indonesia Author Kogo, Ichizo Osaka Museum of Natural History, 1 - 23 Nagai Park, Higashi-Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 546 - 0034, Japan E-mail: kogo 13 @ w 7. dion. ne. jp & Corresponding author kogo13@w7.dion.ne.jp Author Fujita, Toshihiko Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4 - 1 - 1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 - 0005, Japan Author Kubodera, Tsunemi Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4 - 1 - 1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 - 0005, Japan text Species Diversity 2019 2019-11-25 24 229 246 journal article 10.12782/specdiv.24.229 2189-7301 5738323 Comanthus gisleni Rowe, Hoggett, Birtles, and Vail, 1986 Comanthus gisleni Rowe et al. , 1986: 219 , figs 4b, 5d; Vail 1987: 555 ; Fabricius 1994: 1228 (table); Messing 1994: 239 (list), 1998b: 189 (table); Rowe and Gates 1995: 144 ; Kogo 1998: 35 , fig. 28; 2002: 10; MarshallCrossland and Price 1999: 26 ; Lane et al. 2000: 476 (table); Kogo and Fujita 2005: 332 ; Mekhova and Britayev 2012: 915 , fig. 6; Summers et al. 2014: 337 . Material examined. 1 specimen . Ambon Is. NSMT E-8179 ( 1 specimen ), Eri, 10 m , December 4, 1992 . Description. Centrodorsal thin discoidal, roundish in aboral view, 3 mm across, 0.3 mm thick, with cirrus sockets in 1 aligned row. Cirri XIV, including 2 rudimentary ones, 13– 14, 7– 8 mm long. Longest cirrals (5 th –6 th ) 1.3 times longer than wide; cirrals beyond 7 th shorter than wide with blunt aboral crest. Radials trapezoidal, in contact laterally. IBr 2: Ibr 1 trapezoidal, in contact laterally at base; Ibr 2 (axil) low triangular, free laterally. IIBr 2, rarely 4(3+4). IIIBr 4(3+4), rarely 2. Arms 28, 65–85 mm long; first syzygy at br 3+4 . PII longest, 14 mm long, of about 40 segments; combs of about 6 teeth confluent with outer edge of pinnulars; first comb tooth transverse. Pinnule combs to middle, often to distal pinnules. Middle pinnulars of distal pinnule fringed with small distal spines. Distribution. Sri Lanka , Sumatra ( MarshallCrossland and Price 1999 ); southern Vietnam ( Mekhova and Britayev 2012 ); Thailand , western, northern, and eastern Australia , Coral Sea, Melanesia ( Rowe et al. 1986 ); Timor Sea ( Rowe and Gates 1995 ); Borneo ( Lane et al. 2000 ); Sulu Sea, Papua New Guinea ( Messing 1994 , 1998b ); Great Barrier Reef ( Vail 1987 ; Fabricius 1994 ); Japan ( Rowe et al. 1986 ; Kogo 2002 ; Kogo and Fujita 2005 ). Depth range: 0–32 m ( Rowe et al. 1986 ).