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352. — Hartlaub, C, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. XIV, no. 19, 

 1892, p. 77. — KoEHLER, R., Mem. Soc. Zool. France, t. VIII, 

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FamUy: OPHIDIASTERIDAE 



Genus: LINCKIA Nardo 



Linckia guildingii Gray 



Plates 71, 72 and 73 



Type : Gray's type came from St. Vincent, West Indies, and 

 is deposited in the British Museum of Natural History. 



Distribution: This Linckia is tropicopolitan, being known 

 in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bermudas, Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, St. Kitts, Tobago, and southward through the West 

 Indies, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean to the northern shore of 

 South America at Bahia, Abrolhos Reefs, and eastward as far as 

 the Cape Verde Islands and lower Guinea. In the Indo-Pacific it 

 is known from the Red Sea, eastward through the Persian Gulf, 

 Andaman Islands, Nicobars, New Caledonia, Fiji Islands, Tonga 

 Islands, Samoan Islands, Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands. So 

 far it has not been recorded from the tropic west coast of North 

 America, being replaced there by Linckie columbiae Gray. 



Material examined: One specimen (photographed), from 

 Venus Point Reef, Tahiti, Society Islands, August 15, 1931. 



Colour: Dr. H. L. Clark, after extensive field research, re- 

 ports that young specimens living in concealed situations are 

 usually dull reddish, brownish, or purplish, variegated with darker 

 tones. As the starfishes become larger there is a tendency for the 



