Clark HL (1917) Ophiuroids of Steamer Albatross From E Tropical Pacific

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CONTENTS
No. 1.— New fossil mammals from Cuba. By G. M. Atuen. (1

plate). January, 1917 A eee ee ss) 5.
No. 2.— The ants of Alaska. By WiniiamM Morron WHEELER.

March, 1917 ROTA ye iy Av. ! (;, oe) te ae rn
No. 3.— New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. By Raupu V.

CHAMBERLIN. (5 plates). April, 1917 Mates! 2) e Soy
No. 4.— New species of apodal fishes. By Atvin Sraue. May, 1917.
No. 5.— New fossorial Hymenoptera. By NarHan Banks. May,

1917
No. 6.— The introduction of West Indian Anura into Bermuda. By

P. H. Porr. (2 plates). June, 1917
No. 7.— Notes on some Falkland Island birds. By W. Spracue

Brooks. (3 plates). June, 1917
No. 8.— Explorations of the coast water between Cape Cod and Hali-
fax in 1914 and 1915, by the U. S. Fisheries Schooner Grampus.
Oceanography and plankton. By Henry B. Brartow. (2 plates).
July, 1917 YD dae ee Me ead A AR: CORY Wc
No. 9.— New blastoids and brachiopods from the Rocky Mountains.
By Tuomas H. Criarx. (2 plates). August, 1917 .
No. 10.— A new species of Peripatus from the mountains of northern

Peru. By Cuarues T. Bruss. (1 plate). September, 1917
No. 11.— Birds from the northern coast of the Dominican republic. By
JAMES L. Peters. October, 1917
No. 12.— Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the

Tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U. 8S. Fish
Commission Steamer ‘“ Albatross’’ from August, 1899, to March, 1900,
Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. 8. N., commanding. XVIII.
Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern
Tropical Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish
Commission Steamer “‘ Albatross,”’ from October, 1904 to March, 1905,
Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U.S. N., commanding. XXX.
Ophiuroidea. By Husert Lyman Ciark. (5 plates). October, 1917.
No. 13.— Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. By Wii1am

Morton WHEELER. (2 plates). December, 1917 ye
No. 14.— Vertebrata from Madagascar. Introduction. By GrorGE

R. Agassiz. Amphibia; Reptilia. By Tuomas Barsour. Aves.
By Outram Banecs. Mammalia. By Giover M. ALLEN. (2 plates).
February, 1918 . “Suet SOO? Peg einer eas
No. 15.— The Harvard Perey een By Harry CiLark.

(5 plates). March, 1918 ahh Se Eman Mew 38
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No. 12.— Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Tropical
Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U. S. Fish Com-
mission Steamer Albatross, from August, 1899, to March, 1900,
Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., Commanding.
XVIII.
Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical

Pacific in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Com-
mission Steamer Albatross from October, 1904, to March, 1905,
Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett,|U. S. N., Commanding.
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O phiuroidea.
By HusBert LyMan CLARK.
THe number of ophiurans collected by the ALBATROSS on_ her

Tropical Pacific expeditions was not large and it has seemed best to
make a single report on the two collections. They were originally
sent to Professor Ludwig at Bonn, but he had made only a preliminary
examination when his untimely death cut short his researches. There
are in all about 550 specimens, representing 50 species. Of these 168
specimens of 20 species were taken during the cruise of 1899-1900,
and 381 specimens of 33 species were collected in 1904-05. There are
also included a very few specimens taken by the ALBATROss in 1891,
which have never yet been placed on record. Only 7 species are new
to science and one third of the remainder are common shallow-water
species of Pacific reefs and shores.
OPHIOMYXIDAE.
OPHIOGERON EDENTULUS. 4
Lyman, 1878. Bull. M.C. Z., 6, p. 161. 1882. Challenger Oph., pl. 12, fig.
16-18.
A single specimen, with the disk-covering torn away, measures

5 mm. across the disk and has arms 18-20 mm. long. It is somewhat
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larger therefore than the CHALLENGER specimens from near the Fiji
Islands. The species has not previously been collected since the
CHALLENGER report was issued.
Station 4732. A thousand miles east of the Paumotu Tallagala;

Eastern Tropical Pacific, 2012 fms. Bott. temp. 34.8°. Glob. oz.
TRICHASTERIDAE.
ASTEROSCHEMA MONOBACTRUM,! sp. nov.
Plate 1;;4ig; 2:
Disk, 8 mm. in diameter; arms 80-90 mm. long; width of arm at

base, about 2 mm.; height of arm at base, about 1.8 mm. Disk
flattened, slightly higher than arms, concave at center (in dry speci-.
men), covered by a granular membrane; near center of disk there are
about 50 granules to a square millimeter, while near margin there are
not more than 30. Radial shields almost completely concealed, but
in the dry specimen appear as low, rounded ridges, about 3 or 4 times
as long as the wider, outer end. Arms rather squarish (in cross-
section) at base and wider than high, but becoming more arched
dorsally and apparently higher than wide; they are covered by a
granulated skin like that of disk but near tip, the granules are more
and more separated until the skin is almost naked and the granules
very minute. Genital slits very conspicuous, the two together
occupying nearly all the interbrachial space; each is 2 mm. long and
.60-.75 mm. wide; the narrow vertical area or ridge separating them
is sunk conspicuously below the rest of the interbrachial area. Oral
shields, adoral plates, and oral plates completely concealed beneath
granulated skin of disk. Oral papillae (if they can be called such)
not more than two on a side, nearer tip of jaw than base, small, rounded
and knob like, irregular in form, size, and position. Tooth papillae
none. Teeth 4 or 5, rounded triangular. Under arm-plates (if
present) at base of arm, concealed by granulated skin; at middle of
arm and beyond where skin is thin and nearly or quite naked, there
seem to be no under arm-plates. Tentacle-pores small but distinct;
diameter equal to about one eighth of distance between first and
second pairs of pores on arm. Buccal pair and first arm-pair with no
1 wévos = single + Paxrpoy = club, in reference to the single tentacle-scale on basal pores
of arm.
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tentacle-scales; second arm-pair, and following 10-15 pairs have a

single, cylindrical tentacle-scale; distally this scale is more and more
thickened and rough or even prickly at tip. Beyond basal part of
arm, each tentacle-pore is guarded by two scales, of which the outer
is much the smaller, scarcely half the size of the inner, which may be
over a millimeter long, considerably exceeding the arm-segment.
Color of dry specimen, dull cream-color.
Station 3685. Off the Marquesas Islands, Eastern Tropical

Pacific, 830 fms. Bott. temp. 38°. Vol. s., glob.
One specimen.
This species is very different from A. sublaeve of the Galapagos

Islands and Panamic region, its nearest ally geographically. Nor
does it resemble any more closely the related forms of the western
Pacific. On the contrary it is really nearer to A. arenoswm of the
West Indies than to any other species, so far as general appearance
and granulation of disk and arms is concerned. ‘The size and arrange-
ment of the genital slits and the absence of a second tentacle-scale on
the basal arm-segments serve as excellent marks of distinction.
OPHIACANTHIDAE.
OPHIACANTHA CONTIGUA.
Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M.C. Z., 23, p. 173, pl. 17, fig. 7-9.
Six specimens, ranging in size from 4 to 6.5 mm. across the disk
agree very closely with the original description and figures of O.
contigua. There are, however, more oral papillae, 4 or even 5 being
present on each side of each jaw.
Station 4621. Panama: off.Mariato Point. 581 fms. Bott.

temp. 40.5°. Gn.s., gn. m., r.
OPHIACANTHA COSMICA.
Lyman, 1878. Bull. M. C. Z., 5, p. 146. 1882. Challenger Oph., pl. 13, fig.
13-15.
In addition to some excellent specimens, with disks ranging from

10 to 15 mm. across, there are some specimens from an unknown
station which are in wretched condition.
Station 4651. 111 miles northwest of Aguja Point, Peru. 2222

fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stk. gy. m.
Station 4674. 86 miles southwest of Palominos Light House, Peru.

2338 fms. Fne. dk. gn. m., r.
Eleven specimens.
OPHIACANTHA QUADRISPINA,! sp. Nov.
Plate 1, fig. 3, 4; Plate 2, fig. 3.
Disk, 18 mm. in diameter; arms about 100 mm. long. Disk coy-
ered by a coat of fine scales which is more or less completely con-
cealed beneath a covering of coarse granules, 25-35 per square
millimeter. About one square millimeter or a little more of the distal
end of each radial shield is bare. Upper arm-plates wider than long,
separated or barely in contact, diamond-shape but with distal angle
much more obtuse than proximal; near tip of arm, they are nearly
triangular and about as long as wide. On the interbrachial areas
below, the granulation occupies only the central, marginal portion,
the region bordering the genital slits and distal to the oral shield
being quite bare, though covered with very fine scales. Genital
slits of unequal lengths, sometimes equal to only the two basal arm-
segments and sometimes equal to four. Oral shields distinctly wider
than long; the madreporite is pentagonal with slightly concave sides,
and is widest proximally; the other shields are diamond-shaped with
rounded angles, slightly concave sides and a conspicuous distal
projection into the interradial area. Adoral plates nearly or quite
straight with almost parallel sides, about 3 times as long as wide,
meeting broadly in the interradii but separated radially by the first
under arm-plate; often, but by no means always, a distal projection
of the adoral plate separates the oral shield from the first under arm-
plate; in the 40 possible cases, this projection is present 25 times.
Oral plates superficially about as large as adorals; on the margin of
each are 3-6 papillae of very variable size and arrangement; as a
rule the distalmost is largest and the middle ones smallest, but the
distal ones may be quite lacking. Teeth five in each column; below
(or external to) lowest, is a group of 2-4 tooth-papillae, each about
equal to half a tooth. First under arm-plate, small, squarish, a little
| Quadrispinus = having four spines; in reference to the small number of arm-spines.
wider than long; succeeding plates wider than long (until past middle
of arm) pentagonal or somewhat heptagonal, with a proximal angle
and slightly concave sides; they are separated throughout. Side
arm-plates large, low and wide, meeting both above and below; each
carries 4 blunt spines, of which the upper three are very flat and wide;
the two middle spines are chisel like at tip and in length are equal to
two or two and a half arm-segments; none of the spines are prickly
but under a lens, the margins are very finely serrate. Tentacle-scales
2, large and flat; they are situated on the side arm-plate but the inner
is very close to the under arm-plate; inner scale a trifle the longer
and distinctly the narrower, about equal in length to the lateral
margin of the under arm-plate; beyond the middle of the arm the
inner scale is much the smaller and is attached to the under arm-plate,
and still further out it disappears altogether. Color dull purplish
brown above, whitish beneath; arms conspicuously banded with
these two shades, the bands each 2-6 segments wide, but the whitish
bands always the narrower.
Station 4642. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 4 miles southeast

of Ripple Point. 300 fms. Bott. temp. 48.6°. Brk. sh., glob.
Station 4643. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 5 miles southwest

Four specimens.
This is a very well-marked species, not likely to be confused with

any other. While it resembles 0. normani in having four arm-spines,
the shape of those spines is very different; the presence of two tentacle-
scales and the absence of granules on the upper arm-plates are addi-
tional differences of great importance. The superficial appearance
is much like that of some specimens of O. cataleimmoida, but that
species has six or seven arm-spines and only a single tentacle-scale.
In tentacle-scales, under arm-plates, and mouth-parts, 0. quadri-
spina is very similar to O. valenciennesi, but that species has seven or
eight arm-spines and spinules on the upper arm-plates. The con-
stancy in the number of arm-spines in 0. quadrispina is very striking
for there are no more than four on the basal arm-segments and there
are not fewer than four on the distal segments until near the tip of the
arm. It seems fair then to consider this one of the characteristic
endemic brittle-stars of the Galapagos Islands, very few of which are
as yet known.
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OPHIACANTHA SENTOSA.
Lyman, 1878. Bull. M. C. Z., 5, p. 140. 1882. Challenger Oph., pl. 13,
fig. 10-12.
The Albatross specimens are not quite so large as those taken by

the CHALLENGER, but they do not exhibit any noteworthy differences.
The depth at which the species lives is notable.
Station 4658. West of Peru, 8° 30’ S., 85°36’ W., 2370 fms.
Bott. temp. 35.3°. Fne. gn. m., mang. nod.
Station 4666. West of Peru, 11°55’S., 84° 20’ W., 2600 fms.
Bott. temp. 34.9°. Fne. gy. rad. oz.
Station 4672. Southwest of Palominos Light House, Peru, 88

miles. 2845 fms. Bott. temp. 35.2°. Fne. dk. br. infus. m.
Bathymetrical range, 2370-2845 fms. Extremes of temperature,

35.3°-34.9°.
Three specimens.
OPHIACANTHA VALENCIENNESI.
Lyman, 1879. Bull. M. C. Z., 6, p. 57. 1882. Challenger Ech., pl. 26, fig.
rims)
The specimens of this well-marked, nearly cosmopolitan species

are notable for the development of the spinules on the upper arm-
plates. They may occur out as far as the twentieth segment or a
little beyond and there may be 5 or 6 on the distal margin of each
plate. On the basal segments, there are pointed granules, rather than
spinules.
Station 4642. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 4 miles south-

east of Ripple Point. 300 fms. Bott. temp. 48.6°. Brk. sh., glob.
‘Four specimens.
OPHIOTOMA PAUCISPINA.
Ophiacantha paucispina Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, a

p. 175, pl. 18, fig. 1+4.
Ophiotoma paucispina H. L. Clark, 1915. Mem. M. C. Z., 25, p. 218.
The specimens are in poor condition and throw little light on the
character of the species or on its relationship to the other members of
the genus.
Station 4647. West of Peru, 4° 33’ S., 87° 42’ 30’ W., 2005 fms.
Bott. temp. 35°4. Lt. gy. and br. glob. oz.
Two specimens.
AMPHILEPIDIDAER.
AMPHIACTIS DUPLICATA.
Amphiura duplicata Lyman, 1875. Illus. cat. M. C. Z., no. 8, pt. 2, p. 19,
fig. 87; pl. 5, fig. 78.
Ophiactis duplicata Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, p. 142.
Amphiactis duplicata Matsumoto, 1915. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia,

67, p. 67. j
This series is not noteworthy. The range in size is from 3.5 to

5.5 mm. across the disk.
Station 3407. Galapagos Islands: 4’ S., 90° 24’ 30” W., 885 fms.
Bott. temp. 37.2°. Glob. oz.

east of Ripple Point. 633 fms. Bott. temp. 39.5. Lt. gy. glob. oz.

of Ripple Point. 300 fms. Bott. temp. 48.6°.. Brk. sh., glob.

48.6°-37.2°.
Twelve specimens.
AMPHILEPIS PATENS.
Lyman, 1879. Bull. M. C. Z., 6, p. 34. 1882. Challenger Oph., pl. 19, fig.
1-3.
Amphilepis platytata H. L. Clark, 1911. Bull. 75 U.S. N. M., p. 171, fig. 76.
This series shows that the differences which were supposed to
distinguish A. platytata from A. patens (absence of tentacle-scales
and of disk-scaling on the lower surface) are probably growth-stages,
or at any rate a matter of individual diversity. In two specimens,
with disk-diameter 6.5-S mm., there are no tentacle-scales and the
interbrachial areas below are perfectly naked; they are thus like the
type of A. platytata which was 8 mm. across the disk. The other
specimens are 10-12.5 mm. across the disk and the interbrachial
areas below are fully covered with scales.
There is no doubt of the identity of the specimen labeled 3389,

but it is possible that there is some mistake about the station number,
as the original label is not with the specimen. It seems highly im-
probable that this species occurs in 210 fms. at a temperature of 48.8°.
Tentacle-seales are either present or absent, generally present on

the majority of the pores. The oral papillae are exceedingly variable
in number, size, form, and position, so that no reliable specific charac-
ter can be based on them.
Station 3389. Off Panama, 7° 16’ 45” N., 79° 56’ 30” W., 210 fms.
Bott. temp. 48.8°. Gn. m.
Station 4647. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 4° 33’ S., 87° 42’ 30” W.,
2005 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Lt. gy. and br. glob. oz.
Station 4649. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5°17’S., 85° 20’ W.,

2235 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m.
Station 4651. 111 miles west of Aguja Point, Peru; 5° 42’S.,

83° W. 2222 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m.
Station 4717. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5° 11’S., 98° 56’ W.,

2153 fms. Bott. temp. 35.2°. Rd. c., glob. oz.
Bathymetrical range, 210(?)—2235 fms. Extremes of temperature, —

48.8°(?)-35.2°.
Ten specimens.
AMPHIURIDAE.
OPHIACTIS SAVIGNYI.
Ophiolepis savignyi Miller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 95.

Ophiactis savignyi Ljungman, 1867. Ofv. Kongl. vet.-akad. Férh., 23, p. 323.
The specimens are all young and in no way noteworthy.

Panama: Perico Island.
Ellice Islands: Funafuti.
Gilbert Islands: Taritari.
Thirteen specimens.
AMPHIURA DIOMEDEAE.
Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 28, p. 151, pl. 12, fig. 1-7.
The specimens of this wide-ranging Pacific species are in good

condition. The disk-diameters are 8-14 mm.
Station 3687. Tahiti: off Point Venus, 4.8 miles. 725 fms.
Bott. temp.? Vol. s., yl. m.
Station 4631. Panama: off Mariato Point, 72 miles. 774 fms.

Bot. temp. 38°. Gn. s.
Station 4654. Peru: off Aguja Point, 24 miles. 1036 fms. Bott.
temp. 37.3°. Dk. br. m.
Bathymetrical range, 725-1036 fms. Extremes of. temperature,

38°-37.3°.
Eight specimens.
AMPHIURA GYMNOGASTRA.
These Amphiuras are perplexing, for while they have the inter-
brachial spaces below perfectly naked as in A. gymnogastra, there are
only 3 or 4 arm-spines, and these are not small and sharply pointed
as they should be, but are long, thick, and blunt as in some specimens
of A. serpentina.~ In fact these specimens are quite intermediate
between A. gymnogastra and A. serpentina. It is possible that they
are hybrids, but more probably the two species are not distinct, the
naked skin of the interbrachial areas in A. gymnogastra being a tempo-
rary condition due to peculiarities of breeding or possibly a stage of
extreme maturity. The differences in the arm-spines of the two
nominal species is not constant, specimens of A. serpentina with 5
small, sharp arm-spines being known.

Five specimens.
AMPHIURA SEMINUDA.
These specimens, with disks about 5 mm. across, are in poor condi-
tion, but there is no question as to their identity.
Station 3689. Paumotu Islands: 4 miles southwest of northwest

point of Marokau. 807 fms. Bott. temp. 37.6°. Co. s., mang.
Two specimens.
AMPHIPHOLIS GRANULATA.
Although this little specimen (disk-diameter 3 mm.) was taken by

the ALBATROss in 1891, it is from a station from which the species was
not previously recorded.
Station 3389. Off Panama, 7° 16’ 45’’ N., 79° 56’ 30’”” W., 210 fms.
Bott. temp. 48.8°. Gn. m.
One specimen. -
AMPHIOPLUS DALBA.
Amphiura dalea Lyman, 1879. Bull. M. C. Z., 6, p. 27. 1882. Challenger

Oph., pl. 18, fig. 11-13.
Amphioplus dalea Verrill, 1899. Trans. Conn. acad., 10, p. 315.
Although the type-locality for this species is in the southwestern

Atlantic, it has been recorded twice from the Eastern Tropical Pacific.
These specimens are not noteworthy in any particular save that they
are mostly adults (disk-diameter 5-13 mm.) and are very well pre-
served.
Station 4649., Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5°17’S., 85° 20’ W.,

Station 4670. 105 miles northeast of Palominos Light House,

Peru. 3209 fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. dk. br. m.
Sixty specimens.
AMPLIOPLUS LAEVIS.
Amphiura laevis Lyman, 1874. Bull. M. C. Z., 3, p. 229, pl. 4, fig. 18-21.
Amphioplus laevis Verrill, 1899. Trans. Conn. acad., 10, p. 315.
There is a single specimen of this fine species from Taritari, Gilbert

Islands. The disk is nearly 6 mm. across and the arms about 65 mm.
long.
OPHIOTRICHIDAE.
OPHIOTHRIX DEMESSA.
Lyman, 1861. Proc. Boston soe. nat. hist., 8, p. 82. Koehler, 1905. Siboga-
Exp. Oph. litt., pl. 9, fig. 5, 6.
Most of the specimens are small and in poor condition, but there is
no mistaking this characteristic Pacific species.
Paumotu Islands: Makemo. Fakarava.
Thirteen specimens.
OPHIOTHRIX GALAPAGENSIS.
Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, p. 181, pl. 20, fig. 14.
These are very typical specimens, with disks 5-7 mm. across.
Three specimens.
OPHIOTHRIX LONGIPEDA.
Ophiura longipeda Lamarck, 1816. Anim. sans vert., 2, p. 544.

Ophiothrix longipeda Miller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 113.
There is a single specimen from Papeete, Tahiti, of this well-known

species and two others with only the label “35”. The significance of
this number is unknown.
OPHIOTHRIX SPICULATA.
Leconte, 1851. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia, 5, p. 318.
These specimens range in disk-diameter from 4 to 7 mm. and are

quite typical of the species.
Panama: °Perico Island. Tobaquilla Island.
Fifteen specimens.
OPHIOTHRIX TRILINEATA.
Liitken, 1869. Add. ad hist. Oph., pt. 3, p. 58, 100.
These are very typical specimens of this handsome and wide-spread

species, but all are small, the disk-diameter ranging from 3 to only
6 mm.
Thirty-four specimens.
OPHIOCHITONIDAE
OPHIONEREIS ANNULATA.
Ophiolepis annulata Leconte, 1851. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia, 5,

p. 317.
Ophionereis annulata Lyman, 1860. Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 7, p. 203.
These specimens are adults, with disks 7-8 mm. across. The one
from Perico has the ground-color distinctly olive-green, while in the
other specimens it is very light brown.
Panama: Perico Island. Tobaquilla Island.
Three specimens.
OPHIONEREIS PORRECTA.
Lyman, 1860. Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 7, p. 260. 1865. Illus. eat.
M. C. Z., no. 1, p. 147, fig. 14, 15.
These specimens range from 3 to 9 mm. across the disk.

Paumotu Islands: Makemo.
Marshall Islands: Jaluit.
Three specimens.
OPHIOCOMIDAE.
OPHIOCOMA AETHIOPS.
Liitken, 1859. Add. ad hist. Oph., pt. 2, p. 141, 145.
There are a dozen specimens of this well-known species from Perico

Island, Panama.
OPHIOCOMA ALEXANDRI.
Lyman, 1860. Proc. Boston soe. nat. hist., 7, p. 256.
There are nine specimens of this species from Perico Island, Panama.
OPHIOCOMA BREVIPES.
Peters, 1851. Monats. K.-Preus. akad. wiss. Berlin, p. 465.

The species of Ophiocoma with two tentacle-scales and a very finely
granulated disk are very perplexing. Whether we are dealing with
one, two, or three species is still uncertain. For the present, I think
it best to distinguish two species, O. brevipes and O. insularia, and
under the latter name, a typical form and a long-spined variety.
This, at least, is the division best adapted to the present collection.
The coloration of O. brevipes is its conspicuous character and seems to
be quite constant; there is a ground-color of very pale yellowish
white with a distinctly greenish cast, and this is more or less marked
with blotches and streaks of dusky or greenish; on the arms these
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darker markings are chiefly apparent as transverse bands; the arm-

spines usually show spots or markings of dusky. As a rule, the arm-
spines of O. brevipes are shorter and less flattened than those of 0.
insularia.
Seventeen specimens.
OPHIOCOMA ERINACEUS.
Miiller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast. p. 98.
The specimens are all small, the largest having a disk only 15 mm.
across.
Paumotu Islands: Makemo. [akarava.
OPHIOCOMA INSULARIA.
Lyman, 1861. Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 8, p. 80.
The specimens here listed as O. insularia differ from O. brevipes

only in size, color, and arm-spines. They are from 10 to 22 mm.
across the disk, of very dark shades of brown, and with long, flattened
arm-spines. One specimen (from Papeete) is uniformly deep purplish
brown above and light wood-brown below. All the other specimens,
save one, have the arms more or less banded with dull yellowish on
the brown background, and even the disk may be variegated with dull
yellowish, or the specimens are variegated with light and dark shades
of brown. The one exception is from Easter Island and differs so
much from the other specimens that I propose to call it variety
longispina. In coloration it is uniformly blackish brown like 0.
erinaceus, but the granulations are very fine and the tentacle-scales
are narrow and pointed. It differs from typical O. insularia in two
important particulars. The jaws are moderately long with very
evident oral plates, while in O. insularia the jaws are very short and
wide with almost no oral plates. The arm-spines of which there may
be five are exceedingly long and slender, 5-6 mm. long and equal to
four or five arm-segments. As the arm-spines of Ophiocoma are
excessively variable and unreliable, this may be only an individual
peculiarity, but it profoundly affects the appearance of the specimen.
Tahiti: Papeete. Three specimens.
Easter Island. Twelve specimens.
OPHIOCOMA PARVA.
H. L. Clark, 1915. Mem. M. C. Z., 25, p. 292, pl. 14, fig. 8, 9.
These specimens show little diversity and agree well with the
original specimens from Torres Strait.
Twenty-eight specimens.
OPHIOCOMA PICA.
Miller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 101.
The specimens of this beautiful species are small, only 7-11 mm.
across the disk.
Three specimens.
OPHIOCOMA SCOLOPENDRINA.
Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, 1816. Anim. sans vert., 2, p. 544.

Ophiocoma scolopendrina Miiller and Troschel, 1842. Syst. Ast., p. 101.
There is nothing notable about the series of this common and well-
known species.
Paumotu Islands: Makemo. Fakarava. Rangiroa.
OPHIOMASTIX BISPINOSA, Sp. NOv.
Plate 2, fig. 1, 2.
Disk, 5 mm. in diameter; arms about 40-45 mm. long. Disk

covered with a thick skin completely concealing the scales; scattered
irregularly over the dorsal side of the disk are about 60 small, slender
spinelets scarcely half a millimeter long. No radial shields visible.
Upper arm-plates oval, the greatest width proximal to middle; the
outlines are obscured by the skin in which they seem to lie. Inter-
brachial areas below smooth, apparently naked save for a few small
spinelets near margin. Oral shields oval, about as wide as long, the
greatest width distal to middle. Adoral plates and oral plates small
and more or less concealed by skin. Oral papillae 3 or 4 on each side,
_ i aes
the distalmost largest. Tooth-papillae only 3-5 on each jaw tip.

Under arm-plates tetragonal with slightly rounded corners, longer
than wide, little or not at all in contact. . Side arm-plates moderately
large, meeting below; each carries 2 or 3 prominent spines; when 3
are present, the uppermost is largest and is often very large, its length
equalling 2-3 arm-segments and its thickness proportionately great;
near the middle of the arm, segments with two or with three spines
alternate with considerable regularity; the big uppermost spines
occur at intervals of 2—5 segments and alternate on the two sides of
the arm. Tentacle-scale single, small and rounded. Color (dried) :—
disk dull light olive with a very few lighter markings; disk-spines
dull yellowish; upper arm-plates dull olive but at intervals of 4-6
segments, the upper arm-plate is dull cream-color; upper half of side
arm-plates and uppermost spines, usually dull olive but when upper
arm-plate is cream-color the adjoining side arm-plate and the upper-
most spine it carries is usually the same; lower surface of disk and
arms, including smaller arm-spines very pale brown; some arm-
spines more or less distinctly annulated with dusky or olive.
One specimen.
Although this specimen is obviously immature, it differs so much

from previously known members of the genus, it is necessary to
designate it by a new name. The name given is based on one of the
striking features, the presence of only two arm-spines on many of the
side arm-plates. This character taken in connection with the disk-
covering, the upper arm-plates and the coloration will serve to dis-
tinguish the species at once from all other members of the genus.
OPHIODERMATIDAE.
OPHIODERMA PANAMENSE.
Liitken, 1859. Add. ad hist. Oph., pt. 2, p. 91.
Two specimens from Perico Island, Panama, call for no comment.
- OPHIODERMA PENTACANTHA,! sp. nov.

Plate 3; Plate 4, fig. 1, 2.
Disk, 27 mm. in diameter; arms 145-150 mm. long. Disk covered
with the usual coat of coarse, overlapped scales, completely con-
1 revre = five + axavOa = a spine, in reference to the five arm-spines.
cealed by the smooth uniform layer of fine granules, about 150 to a

square millimeter. Radial shields entirely concealed. Upper arm-
plates tetragonal, becoming almost triangular at very tip of arm,
where they aré as long as wide; on basal portion of arm they are 3-4
times as wide as long and cover the entire dorsal surface of arm.
Basal half of arm distinctly keeled, though the keel is low and rounded.
Interbrachial areas below uniformly covered with the fine coat of
granules of disk. Genital slits four in each interbrachial area. Oral
shields triangular with very rounded angles, a trifle wider than long.
Adoral plates very small, bare, at distal corners of oral shields. Oral
plates completely concealed by granules. Oral papillae 9-10 on each
side, the two distalmost and the most proximal one, largest; far up
in the mouth-slit, on the side of each jaw is a conspicuous pointed
papilla as large as the largest of the oral papillae. Teeth about five.
No true tooth-papillae. Under arm-plates at first hexagonal with
strongly convex distal side which soon develops angles, making the
plate octagonal; on basal half of arm, the plates are much wider
than long; distally they become tetragonal with rounded corners
and ultimately they are longer than wide. Side arm-plates low and
small; each carries 5 rather stout, flat, blunt arm-spines, of which
the uppermost is smallest, about half as long as side arm-plate, and
the lowest is conspicuously largest, much exceeding the plate; on
distal part of arm there are of course only 4, and then 3 arm-spines.
Tentacle-scales 2, the inner narrower than the outer and very much
longer, commonly longer than the side of the under arm-plate which
it adjoins; outer scale flat and truncate, overlying the base of the
lowest arm-spine. Color (dried): —light and dark brown, with a
slight grayish cast; disk with dark blotches on a lighter background;
arms more or less distinctly banded; under surface of disk fawn-color,
of arms nearly white, except distally.
Station 4643. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 5 miles southwest —

Five specimens.
This fine species, one of the most easily recognized in the genus, is
indeed an interesting discovery. It resembles O. elaps of the West
Indian region more nearly than it does any other species, but is at
once distinguishable from that form by the small number of arm-
spines. As a characteristic species of the Galapagos region, Ophio-
derma pentacantha will probably be entitled to high rank.
OPHIOPEZELLA SPINOSA.
Ophiarachna spinosa Ljungman, 1867. Ofv. Kongl. vet.-akad. Férh., 23,

, p. 305.
Ophiopezella spinosa Lyman, 1882. Challenger Oph., p. 17.
The specimens are all young and quite small but the identity seems
clear.
Paumotu Islands: Makemo. Fakarava. Rangiroa.
Society Islands: Tahiti, Papeete.
Four specimens.
OPHIOLEPIDIDAE.
AMPHIOPHIURA ABCISA.
Ophioglypha abcisa Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, p. 117,
pl. 2, fig. 1-3.
Amphiophiura abcisa Matsumoto, 1915. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia,

67, p. 78.
The specimen is in poor condition but its identity seems fairly

certain.
Station 4705. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 15°05’ S., 99° 19’ W.,
' 2031 fms. Bott. temp. 35.3°. Lt. yl. br. glob. oz.
One specimen.
OPHIURA FLAGELLATA.
Ophioglypha flagellata Lyman, 1878. Bull. M. C. Z., 5, p. 69. 1882. Chal-

lenger Rep., pl. 4, fig. 16-18.
Ophiura flagellata Meissner, 1901. Bronn’s Thierreichs, 2, abt. 3, p. 925.
The specimens are adults with the arms all badly broken.
east of Ripple Point. 633 fms. Bott. temp. 39.5°. Lt. gy. glob. oz.
OPHIURA IRRORATA.
Ophioglypha irrorata Lyman, 1878. Bull. M. C. Z., 5, p. 73. 1882. Chal-

lenger Oph., pl. 5, fig. 7-9.
Ophiura irrorata Meissner, 1901. Bronn’s Thierreichs, 2, abt. 3, p. 925.
A good series, mostly in good condition. In size the specimens

range from young ones, only 2.5-6 mm. across the disk, to adults
\
15-20 mm. across. There is some diversity in the scaling of the disk,
in the size of the radial shields and in the basal under arm-plates,
but the differences are relatively unimportant.
Station 3684. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 50’ N., 137° 45’ W.,
2463 fms. Bott. temp.? Gy. yl. glob. oz.
Station 4649. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5°17’ S., 85° 20’ W.,
Station 4651. West of Aguja Point, Peru, 111 miles. 2222 fms.
Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m.
Station 4658. West of Peru, 8° 30’ S., 85° 36’ W., 2370 fms.
Station 4670. West of Palominos Light House, Peru, 105 miles.

3209 fms. Bott. temp., 35.4°. Fne. dk. br. m.

Station 4742. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 4’ S., 117° 7’ W., 2320 fms.
Bott. temp. 34.3°. Fne. It. gy. glob. oz.

35.4°-34.3°.
Forty-eight specimens.
OPHIURA STENOBRACHIA,' sp. NOv.

Plate 5,. fig. 1, 2:
Disk 9 mm. in diameter; arms all broken but it seems improbable

that they exceeded 18-20 mm.; they are very slender only 1.3 mm.
in diameter at base. Disk covered by about 150-200 plates among
which the primaries can scarcely be distinguished; the disk is highly
arched, its thickness at center being nearly 3 mm.; the margin of
each interradial area is nearly or quite fully occupied by a single
large plate, little of which, however, is visible from above. Radial
shields moderately large, roughly triangular, nearly or quite as wide
as long, in contact at outer ends but well separated within. Arm-
comb small, not extending well up on to the upper surface of the arm,
composed of few, flat, blunt, close-set papillae, of which the upper-
most are largest. Upper arm-plates triangular, exceedingly small,
about as long as wide, separated (except on the first two basal seg-
lorevés = narrow + fpaxiwv = arm, in reference to the very slender arms.
ments) by a distance greater than their own length. Interbrachial

areas below covered by about half a dozen large plates, with some-
times a few much smaller ones among them. Oral shields very
similar in appearance to these interbrachial plates, broadly triangular
or pentagonal; in one specimen they are as long as wide or longer,
while in the other they are distinctly wider than long. Adoral plates
very long, straight, and narrow. Oral plates also long and narrow,
but shorter and perhaps wider than adorals. Oral papillae about
8 on each side, very small, subequal. First under arm-plate nearly
twice as wide as long, its proximal side very short, like a truncated
angle; second plate larger, more swollen, and more nearly rectangular;
third plate about like first; succeeding plates smaller and smaller,
nearly or quite three times as wide as long; no two of the under
arm-plates are in contact and the distal ones are very widely separated.
Side arm-plates long and relatively large’ meeting broadly both above
and below; they are larger distally than proximally, so that the arm
seen from either above or below has a wavy outline; each side arm-
plate bears 3 short, sharp, subequal spines about half as long as the
plate; these spines are borne on the lower half of the distal margin of
the plate. Oral tentacle-pores open on face of jaw, entirely outside of
mouth-slits; they have 4 or 5 scales on each side. Tentacle-pores of first
arm-segment similar but somewhat smaller, with 3 or 4 tentacle-scales
on each side. Tentacle-pore of second arm-segment, much smaller
guarded by 2 scales or only 1. Succeeding pores very small and
guarded by a single minute scale. Color (dried): — very pale brown.
Station 4647. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 4° 33’ S., 87° 42’ 30” W.
Two specimens.
These specimens are not in good condition, but the specific charac-
ters are obvious. The highly arched disk covered by numerous
plates, the very slender arms with remarkably reduced upper and
under arm-plates, and the reduced condition of the tentacle-pores
make an unusual combination, and gives this Ophiura a very charac-
teristic facies.
OPHIURA UNDULATA.
Ophioglypha undulata Lyman, 1878. Bull. M. C. Z., 6, p. 75. 1882. Chal-

lenger Oph., pl. 5, fig. 10-12.
Ophiura undulata Meissner, 1901. Bronn’s Thierreichs, 2, abt. 3, p. 925,
In the Catalogue of recent ophiurans (Mem. M. C. Z., 25) I

referred this species to O. irrorata as a synonym. The CHALLENGER
specimen was the only one known and it seemed probable that it
was merely an indiyidual variant of the widely distributed and
variable O. irrorata. 'The ALBATROSS specimens have convinced me
that I was wrong and that O. wndulata is a good species. The coarser
disk-scaling and the stout arm-spines are very characteristic. Ly-
man’s figures are excellent, but in the specimens before me the disk-
scales are more regularly arranged than in his type. The large plates
are surrounded by smaller ones in a somewhat ornate pattern. In
one specimen, the primary plates are very distinct. In.these indi-
viduals the disk is 14 mm. across, so they are somewhat larger than
the CHALLENGER specimen.
Station 3689. Paumotu Islands: Marokau, 4 miles west of north-

west point. 807 fms. Bott. temp. 37.6°. Co. s., mang.
Two specimens.
OPHIOMUSIUM CANALICULATUM,' sp. noy.
Plate 5, fig. 5-8.
Disk, somewhat highly arched, 8 mm. in diameter, rather more

than 2 mm. high; arms all broken, slender, apparently about 25 mm.
long. Disk covered by the six primary plates, the large radial shields
and two additional plates in each interradius, the lower one of these
two forming the margin of the disk; three very small plates occur
in interstices between large plates. Radial shields moderately
large, larger than any of the primary plates, in contact with each
other for almost their full length. All the disk-plates are shagreened.
Upper arm-plates none, unless a minute triangular plate between the
distal ends of the radial shields be construed as such. Interbrachial
areas below covered by 2 (in one interradius 3) plates, in addition to
the wide but very short marginal plate. Oral shields diamond-
shaped, somewhat wider than long; in the, interradius with 3 plates
in the interbrachial area the distal angle of the oral shield is truncate,
causing the shield to become pentagonal. Adoral plates well devel-
oped but not large, about 2.5 times as long as wide. Oral plates
somewhat shorter and a little wider. Oral papillae very indistinct,
apparently six or seven, but all fused into a narrow marginal piece
along the oral slits. First under arm-plate minute and indistinct,
apparently longer than wide; second under arm-plate, slightly
1 Canaliculatus = grooved, in reference to the deep median, longitudinal furrows on the arms.

pentagonal or almost triangular, about .40 mm. long and not quite
so broad; third similar but smaller; beyond the third segment there
are no under arm-plates. Side arm-plates relatively very large,
meeting completely both above and below. Along the median line,
on both the upper and lower surfaces of the arm, is a conspicuous
longitudinal groove or furrow. Each side arm-plate bears 3 or 4
very minute, sharp spinelets of rather unequal size; the largest are
not equal to one third the length of the segment. Tentacle-pores
present only in connection with the second and third under arm-
plates; they are very minute, lie near the proximal angle (or side)
of the plate, and have no tentacle-scales. Entire under surface of
animal shagreened. Color (dried):— very pale brown.
Station 4732. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 16° 32’ 30” S., 119° 59’ W.,
2012 fms. Bott. temp. 34.8°. Glob. oz.
One specimen.
The remarkable reduction in the number of plates composing the

disk and arms of this Ophiomusium is really notable. Without
upper and under arm-plates (save on the lower side of two basal
joints), with no tentacle-scales, and with a disk composed of only
about 65 plates, the species is not likely to be confused with any of
those. hitherto known.
OPHIOMUSIUM GLABRUM.
The present large series seems to show that this is the characteristic
brittle-star of the deep waters of the Eastern Tropical Pacific. The
specimens range from 5 to 33 mm. across the disk.
Station 4649. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5° 17’S., 85° 20’ W., 2235
fms. Bott. temp. 35.4°. Fne. stky. gy. m.
Station 4656. West of Peru, 6°55’ S., 83°34’ W., 2222 fms.
Station 4658. West of Peru, 8°30’ S., 85°36’ W., 2370 fms.
Station 4666. West of Peru, 11°55’ S., 84° 20’ W., 2600 fms.
Bott. temp. 34.9°. Fne. gy. rad. oz.

Station 4717. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 5°11’ S., 98°56’ W

2153 fms. Bott. temp. 35.2°. Rd. ¢., glob. oz.
Station 4721. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 8° 7’ 30” S., 104° 10’ W.,
2084 fms. Bott. temp.? Lt. br. glob. oz. 2
Station 4732. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 16° 32’ 30’ S., 119° 59’ W.,
Station 4740. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 9° 2’ S., 123° 20’ W.,

2422 fms. Bott. temp. 34.2°. Dk. gy. glob. and rad. oz.
Station 4742. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 4’S., 117° 7’ W., 2320 fms.
Bott. temp. 34.3°. Fne. It. gy. glob. oz.

35.4°-34.2°.
One hundred and forty specimens.
“?
OPHIOMUSIUM JOLLIENSE.
McClendon, 1909. Univ. Cal. publ. Zool., 6, p. 36, pl. 1, fig. 2, 3.
These specimens are very young, with disks little more than 4 mm.
across, but their identity seems sure.

of Ripple Point. 633 fms. Bott. temp. 39.5°. Lt. gy. glob. oz.
OPHIOMUSIUM LYMANI.
Wyville Thomson, 1873. Depths of the sea, p. 172, fig. 32, 33.
It is remarkable that no specimens of this common and very wide-

spread deep water brittle-star were taken by the ALBATROSS on either
the 1899-1900 nor the 1904-05 expedition. The present specimens
are very young and were taken in 1891.
Station 3407. Galapagos Islands: northeast of Albemarle Island.

Station 3431. Gulf of California, 23° 59’ N., 108° 40’ W., 995 fms.
‘ Bott. temp. 37°. Lt. bn. m.

Two specimens.
OPHIOMUSIUM TRIPASSALOTUM,! sp. nov.
Plate 5, fig. 3, 4.
Disk, little arched, 6.5 mm. across; arms very slender about 33 mm.
long. Disk covered by about 50 rather small plates, slightly swollen
around the margins, among which the primary plates can be distin-
guished; a large marginal plate in each interradius, with a smaller
plate directly above it are much the largest of the disk-plates. Radial
shields large, distinctly longer than wide (but scarcely equal to one
half radius), broadly in contact, but at distal end separated very
slightly by a small triangular plate. On each side of this plate is a
smaller, transversely elongated, conspicuously swollen plate, the three
forming a noticeable group at the base of each arm. Upper arm-
plates minute, triangular, very widely separated, but remarkably
persistent, present nearly or quite to the tip of the arm. Entire
upper surface of disk and arms quite smooth, not at all shagreened.
Interbrachial areas below covered by 6-12 smooth, irregular plates
of very diverse sizes and arrangement. Oral shields pentagonal,
longer than wide. Adoral plates long, straight, and narrow, the
length fully 3-4 times the width. Oral plates evident, but much
smaller than adorals. Oral papillae 5-7 on each side, very low and
wide and not very distinct; the distal ones are widest. First under
arm-plate minute about twice as long as wide; second under arm-
plate much larger, shield-shaped but greatly elongated; it is widest
distally, but even there is not half as wide as its length; third under
arm-plate small not much longer than wide; no under arm-plates
beyond third arm-segment. Side arm-plates relatively large and long,
considerably swollen proximally, meeting fully above and below, but
with no trace of a longitudinal groove on either surface of arm; each
plate carries, on its lower distal corner, 3 small, blunt, subequal, peg-
like arm-spines, about one fourth as long as arm-segment. Tentacle-
pores present on arms only beside the proximal part of the under
arm-plates on the second and third segments; each is provided with
a large tentacle-scale. Color (dried):— very light, nearly white.
Station 3690. Paumotu Islands: 2 miles west of Hao Atoll.

812 fms. Bott. temp. 37.6°. Co. s.
One specimen.
The persistence of the upper arm-plates, while the under ones are
1 rpeis = three + tagoados = a peg, in reference to the three peg-like arm-spines.

lacking, combines with the non-shagreened and rather numerous disk-

plates, and the small, grouped arm-spines to give this species a very
characteristic facies. It does not seem to be very nearly related to
any previously known species.
OPHIOZONELLA CLYPEATA.
Ophiozona ciypenis Lyman, 1883. Bull. M. C. Z., 10, p. 234, pl. 3, fig. 138-15.
Ophiozonella clypeata Matsumoto, 1915. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia,
67, p. 82.
I have hesitated referring this specimen to the West Indian species,

O. clypeata, but it is fully adult (10 mm. across the disk) and in excel-
lent condition and I can find no valid reason for giving it a new name.
‘It differs slightly from the type of O. clypeata in the scaling of the disk
and in the shape of the oral shields, but these differences are so trifling
that one cannot seriously consider them as due to anything more
than individual diversity.

One specimen. ;
OPHIOTYPA SIMPLEX.
Koehler, 1897. Ann. sci. nat. Zool., ser. 8, 4, p. 281, pl. 5, fig. 1-3.
It is a matter of considerable interest to find this very remarkable

brittle-star in the eastern Pacific. It is known from the Indian
Ocean and from the eastern Atlantic, so it seems probable that it is
cosmopolitan. These specimens are of full size and well preserved,
but show no noteworthy features of their own.
Station 4721. Eastern Tropical Pacific, 8° 7’ 30’ S., 104° 10’ W.,
2084 fms. Bott. temp.? Lt. br. glob. oz.
Two specimens.
OPHIOLEUCIDAE.
OPHIERNUS ANNECTENS.
The specimens are in very bad condition but there is no reason to

doubt their identity.

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of Ripple Point. 633 fms. Bott. temp. 39.5°. Lt. gy. glob. oz.
Two specimens.
OPHIERNUS SEMINUDUM.
The specimens are fairly well preserved and are quite typical.
They measure 10-15 mm. across the disk.
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EXPLANATION,OF THE PLATES.
PLATH 1, ,
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Criarx.— Ophiuroidea. P -
PLATE 1.
Figs. 1, 2.— Asteroschema monobactrum H. L. Clark. X S|

1. Upper surface.
2. Lower surface.
Figs. 3, 4.— Ophiacantha quadrispina H. L. Clark. 2.

3. Upper surface, to show upper arm-plates.
4. Lower surface, to show mouth-parts, ete.
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* PLATE 2.
Figs. 1, 2.— Ophiomastix bispinosa H. L. Clark. Kae

1. Upper surface. ois
2. Lower surface. dh PA Ts a
Fig. 3— Ophiacantha quadrispina H. L. Clark. X20

3. Upper surface of best-preserved disk,
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CLARK. OPHIURIOIDEA.
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Cranx.— Ophiuroidea. /
PLATE 4.
Figs. 1, 2— Ophioderma pentacantha H. L. Clark.
1. Lower surface. Nat. size. cant
2. Side view of base of arm. X 2.5.
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‘CLtarx.— Ophiuroidea,
PLATE 65.
Figs. 1, 2.— Ophiura stenobrachia H. L. Clark. X 4.

1. Upper surface.
2. Lower surface of another specimen.
Figs. 3, 4.— Ophiomusium tripassalotum H. L. Clark. & 5.

3. Upper surface.
4. Lower surface.
Figs. 5-8.— Ophiomusium canaliculatum H. L. Clark. X 4.

5. Upper surface.
6. Lower surface.
7. Partly ventral view of basal portion of arm, to show the longitudinal
furrow.
8. Side view of basal portion of arm.
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MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY

CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U.S. A.

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Tue Cosmos PRESS:

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No. 1.— New fossil mammals from Cuba. By G. M. Atuen. (1

No. 2.— The ants of Alaska. By WiniiamM Morron WHEELER.

No. 3.— New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. By Raupu V.

No. 5.— New fossorial Hymenoptera. By NarHan Banks. May,

No. 6.— The introduction of West Indian Anura into Bermuda. By

No. 7.— Notes on some Falkland Island birds. By W. Spracue

No. 10.— A new species of Peripatus from the mountains of northern

No. 12.— Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the

No. 13.— Jamaican ants collected by Prof. C. T. Brues. By Wii1am

No. 14.— Vertebrata from Madagascar. Introduction. By GrorGE

No. 15.— The Harvard Perey een By Harry CiLark.

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Reports on the scientific results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical

THe number of ophiurans collected by the ALBATROSS on_ her

A single specimen, with the disk-covering torn away, measures

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430 BULLETIN: MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY.

Station 4732. A thousand miles east of the Paumotu Tallagala;

ASTEROSCHEMA MONOBACTRUM,! sp. nov.

Disk, 8 mm. in diameter; arms 80-90 mm. long; width of arm at

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tentacle-scales; second arm-pair, and following 10-15 pairs have a

Station 3685. Off the Marquesas Islands, Eastern Tropical

This species is very different from A. sublaeve of the Galapagos

Station 4621. Panama: off.Mariato Point. 581 fms. Bott.

In addition to some excellent specimens, with disks ranging from

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Station 4651. 111 miles northwest of Aguja Point, Peru. 2222

Station 4674. 86 miles southwest of Palominos Light House, Peru.

OPHIACANTHA QUADRISPINA,! sp. Nov.

Plate 1, fig. 3, 4; Plate 2, fig. 3.

| Quadrispinus = having four spines; in reference to the small number of arm-spines.

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Station 4642. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 4 miles southeast

Station 4643. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 5 miles southwest

This is a very well-marked species, not likely to be confused with

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The Albatross specimens are not quite so large as those taken by

Station 4672. Southwest of Palominos Light House, Peru, 88

Bathymetrical range, 2370-2845 fms. Extremes of temperature,

The specimens of this well-marked, nearly cosmopolitan species

Station 4642. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 4 miles south-

Ophiacantha paucispina Liitken and Mortensen, 1899. Mem. M. C. Z., 23, a

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Amphiactis duplicata Matsumoto, 1915. Proc. Acad. nat. sci. Philadelphia,

This series is not noteworthy. The range in size is from 3.5 to

Station 4641. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 12 miles south-

Station 4642. Galapagos Islands: Hood Island, 4 miles southeast

Bathymetrical range, 300-885 fms. Extremes of temperature,

There is no doubt of the identity of the specimen labeled 3389,

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