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Holothuria leucospilota, H. L. Clark, 1920, p. 149. 

 Holothuria vagabunda Selenka, 1867, p. 334, pi. 19, figs. 75-76. Pan- 

 ning, 1934, III, p. 67, text-fig. 45 (copied from various 

 workers ) , complete list of references. 

 Holothuria lamperti Ludwig, 1887, p. 6. Panning, 1934, III, p. 72. 

 Holothuria oxurropa Sluiter, 1887, p. 190, pi. 1, figs. 3-5. Panning, 



1934, III, p. 72, text-fig, 52 (copied from Sluiter). 

 Holothuria infesta Sluiter, 1901, p. 20, pi. 6, fig. 4. Panning, 1934, 



III, p. 73, text-fig. 54 (copied from Sluiter). 

 Holothuria fusco-rubra Theel, 1886, p. 182, pi. 7, fig. 2. 

 Holothuria curiosa var. fusco-rubra, Panning, 1935, V, p. 5. 

 Holothuria homoea H. L. Clark, 1938, p. 533, text-fig. 56; 1946, p. 



438. 

 Holothuria gelatinosa Heding, 1939, pp. 213-216, figs. 1-17. 



Diagnosis: Large, baglike form, rarely contracted, the skin then 

 appearing thick. Tentacles of moderate size, terminal to subterminal; 

 ventrally large tube feet not too numerous, dorsally small papilliform 

 appendages, rather scattered. 



An external layer of tables with complete to incomplete disk often 

 reduced to four central holes and 1 to 4 marginal holes, edge smooth 

 to spinous ; spire low, likewise often partly reduced, when complete end- 

 ing in a flattened crown of 8 to 12 blunt teeth. Ventral feet with large 

 end plate and a few broad supporting plates with oblong holes at right 

 angle to the axis; dorsal papillae with reduced end plate or none, and 

 curved rods with perforated ends, often spinous. 



Color faded reddish or brown, often paler on the ventrum. 



Type: Brandt's types are possibly lost. Selenka's type is in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology, as is that of Clark's Holothuria 

 homoea, while Theel's are in the British Museum. 



Type locality: Brandt's type came from Ualan, Marshall Islands, 

 Clark's from Lord Howe Island, while Selenka's and Theel's material 

 was collected in Hawaii. 



Distribution: While Brandt's name has been almost completely 

 forgotten, Selenka's species appears in many reports, with a distribution 

 from the eastern coast of Africa to the Panamic region ; an almost iden- 

 tical distribution is indicated for Theel's species. 



Depth : Shallow water to a few fathoms. 



Specimens examined: Selenka's cotype of Holothuria vagabunda] 

 Theel's Holothuria fusco-rubra and Clark's Holothuria homoea. A 

 large number of specimens in various collections, indifferently identified 



