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Genus: CHLORODIELLA Ratlibun. 

 Chlorodiella niger (Forskal). 



Plate 71. 



Type: Forskal's type came from the Eed Sea; the present de- 

 pository is probably the Copenhagen Museum. 



Distribution : Red Sea, (Forskal ; Heller ; de Man : Nobili ; Pesta) ; 

 Red Sea: Gulf of Suez, Tor, Ras-el-Millan, Senafir, Koseir, Berenice, 

 Djeddah, Lidth, Dahalak, Massaua, Daedalus-Riff, Hanfela, Zebejir, 

 Sarso, Akek Segir, Mersa Haleib, Perim, St. John's Island, Mersa 

 Scheikh, Kavaya, (Balss) ; Gulf of Suez, (Caiman) ; Egypt; Gulf of 

 Suez, El Tor, Daedalus Shoal, Red Sea, (Miers) ; Sudanese Red Sea, 

 several locations, (Laurie); Dar-es-Salaam, (Ortmann), Chokirbank, 

 (Ortmann) ; Indo-Pacific, several localities ; Mekran coast, India, Anda- 

 mans, Nicobars, Mergui Archipelago, (Alcock) ; Tuticorin, Muttuwartu 

 Par, Rameswaram, one of the commonest species on the reefs, (Hender- 

 son) ; Trincomalee, Palk Bay, (Laurie) ; Maldive group: Male, Fadi- 

 folu, Goifurfehendu, Filidu, North Male, also Minikoi Atoll, on reefs 

 and in lagoons, do"wn to 25 fms. Krusadai Island, Gulf of Manaar, 

 (Gravely) ; Ceylon, Cocos-Keeling Island, Philippines, Guimaras, 

 Balabac Straits, Java (Miers) ; LiuKiu Island, (Balss) ; Philippine 

 Islands, (Adams and White) ; fringing reef and shore, Sooloo Sea, 

 Mangsi Island, (Dana) ; Rotuma, Funafuti, (Borradaile) ; Thursday 

 Island, Wyer, Torres Straits, (Caiman) ; Halmhera Seas, Java, Timor 

 Sea, Pulo Edam; Amboina; Elphinstone Island, Mergui Archipelago; 

 West Celebes; (de Man) ; New Guinea, (Miers) ; Hao Island, lagoon; 

 Tikahan, lagoon; Marutea, Gatavake, (Nobili) ; Beagle Bay, (Nobili) ; 

 Kilantan, Malay Peninsula, (Lanchester) ; Koh Kahdat, coral reef, 

 Gulf of Siam; Feejee Islands, Tongatabu, Wake's Island; Upolu, 

 Samoa, Paumotu Archipelago, Tahiti, Society Islands, and Hawaii, 

 (Dana) ; Upolu Samoa, Sandwich Islands, (Miers) ; Paumotu Archi- 

 pelago, Society Islands, EUice Islands and Caroline Islands, (Rath- 

 bun) ; Hawaii : south coast of Molokai : Honolulu reefs. Laysan Island, 

 (Rathbun) ; Palmyra Island; Fanning Island, (Edmondson) ; Darnley 

 Island; Port Jackson, Australia, (Haswell) ; Port Denison, Australia; 

 North, Northeast and East Australia, (Miers) ; Falcon Island, Queens- 

 land, (Boone) ; Dirk Hartog Island, West Australia, (Hale) ; Mauri- 

 tius: Grand Port and Chaland, (Bouvier) ; Seychelles: Salomon, 

 Diego Garcia, lagoon, Praslin Island, Coetivy, (Rathbun) ; Seychelles, 



