| Echinodermata | Crinoidea | Comatulida |
| Comatulidae | Clarkcomanthus | comanthipinna |
| Genus | Species |
BI-2020-011
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Specimen #33. Verbatim remarks: "Oxycomanthus (=Clarkcomanthus) comanthipinna. CRECH 184. Arm extending from rubble. 18 ft. Yellow in situ. Entirely yellow with dark brown articulations and fine dark brown dotted line across brachials (fainter and more broken on ray bases and some arm bases); pinnules yellow with brown ambulacral tissue and blue tips. Disk (detached) large, swollen, yellow with broken reticulation of fine dark brown lines and dark brown dots. Arm in 95% EtOH. Large tan myzostome with 1 short anteroposterior ridge surrounded by 10 radiating ridges with an elongated marginal tubercle between each ridge; each ridge & tubercle yellow with dark brown border. Combs to P2; only one mature cirrus weak, with very weak transverse ridge on antepenult segment."
Dive 16
South of west end of Ngeruktabel I.
7.2727° N
134.3313° E
18.3 m
Dec. 4, 2002
snorkel
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Charles Messing | Nick Pilcher
Charles Messing
EtOH 95%
EtOH 50%
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Depth indicates maximum depth for the dive, 60 ft. Verbatim description: "Just south of west end of Ngeruktabel I. Numerous large heads of Porites in 8-20 ft. separated by abundant loose staghorn rubble. Dense suspended material in water; fine sediment on bottom & covering much rubble. Examined mud bottom below reef (35-60 ft) -- large holothuroids, no crinoids." Coordinates from Google Maps.