192 Bulletin Vanderbilt Marine Museum, Vol. VII 



Euapta godeffroyi, Ostergren, H., Ofv. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh., 

 1898, vol. LV, p. 113,— Fisher, W. K., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 1907, vol. XXXII, p. 721, pi. 81, figs. 3a, b.— Clark, H. L., 

 Smiths. Contrib. Knowl., 1907, vol. XXXV, p. 72; Publ. 214, 

 Carnegie Inst., Dept. Marine Biol., 1921, vol. X, p. 158. 



Genus: SYNAPTA Eschscholtz 

 Synapta species, larvae 



Material examined : Two different larval stages of a Synap- 

 tid holothurian, taken in 140 fathoms, Flores Strait, near Laran- 

 tuka Village, Flores Island, Dutch East Indies, October 22, 1931. 



Distribution : Pelagic, Dutch East Indies. 



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