Boone, Echinodermata, Cruises of "Ara" and "Alva" 135 



Ophiothrix longipeda (Lamai'ck) 

 y 



Plate 47 



Type: Lamarck's type was secured in the Indian Ocean, in 

 the vicinity of He de France (Mauritius), and is deposited in the 

 Paris Museum. 



Distribution : This species is known in the littoral zone from 

 the Red Sea eastward through the Persian Gulf and thelndo-Pacific 

 northward to Japan, southward to southwest Australia and east- 

 ward to the Society Islands. It is also known on the east African 

 coast from the Red Sea southward to Madagascar and Natal. The 

 following records for 0. longipeda have been published : Red Sea 

 (Ljungman) ; Zanzibar (Lyman, Ludwig, Koehler) ; East Africa 

 (von Martens) ; Madagascar (Hoifman) ; Natal (H. L. Clark) ; 

 Mauritius (de Blainville, Lamarck, Michelin, de Loriol, Mobius, 

 H. L. Clark) ; as He de France (Muller and Troschel) ; Seychelles 

 (Koehler) ; Persian Gulf (H.L.Clark) ; Tuticorin, Madras (Bell) ; 

 Nicobars (Lutken, von Martens) ; Andaman Islands (Alcock, 

 Koehler) ; Singapore (von Martens) ; Tonkin (Koehler) ; Japan: 

 Ousima (H. L. Clark) ; Kominoto, Boshu, which is the northern 

 Japanese limit, also at Tanabe Bay, Kii, Japan (Matsumoto) ; 

 Philippine Islands: Samboanga (Lyman), Zamboanga, Mindanao 

 (von Martens) ; Cebu, Bantayan Reef (H. L. Clark) ; numerous 

 Philippine stations of the United States Bureau of Fisheries 

 Steamer "Albatross" (Koehler) ; seven Dutch East Indies sta- 

 tions of the "Siboga,'^ including Borneo Bank to Taruna Bay, 

 Salawatti coast. New Guinea, Pulu Barang and Amboina Bank 

 (Koehler) ; Amboina Bay (de Loriol) ; Amboina (Doderlein, 

 Brock, H. L. Clark) ; Timor (Muller and Troschel, Herklots, von 

 Martens) ; Java (Brock, H. L. Clark) ; Ternate (Lyman) ; Pelew 

 Islands (H. L. Clark) ; Aru Islands (Koehler) ; New Guinea: 

 Sorong (H. L. Clark) ; Thursday Island (Doderlein) ; Thursday 

 Island and Port Molle (Bell) ; Torres Straits: near Cape York, 

 Badu, Friday Island, Erub, Mer and Murray Islands, Queensland, 

 near Cooktown, Green Island, near Cairnes, Port Curtis, Queens- 

 land (H. L. Clark) ; Turtle Island, Port Medland, Abrolhos 

 Islands, all in southwest Australia (Koehler) ; New Caledonia 



