19S ZmS£XHEXXE 



13. Ophioderma elaps 



Opiuoderma f. . y Lutken, 1859, Norsk Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., ser. 5, 



vol. 5 r 5. 

 . . .:.: Koehler, 1914. U. S. Xatl. Mus, Bull. 84, p. 7, 



pi. IS, figs. 2. 6. 



73 to 300 .:• :..s. Off Grenadines, Montserrat, Island of Pines, 



and Galapagias Isl.inds. R.ire. One specimen from 73 fms, Cala- 



pagos Islands, in Hancock Collection. 



14. Ophioderma Uonis* 



OpUodemut leomis Doderlein, 1910, Denkschr. Mediz.-X.iturwiss. 

 Gesell., ^•oI. 16. p. 252, pi. 5, figs. 1-1 a. 



Opkhtra ton.:.::.: L>Tii.an, 1SS2, Ch.allenger Reprs., Zool., vol. 5. 

 Ophiuroidea, p. 9, non Ophioderma tonoant: Lutken. 



Ophioderma Iconis H. L. Clark. 1923, Annals South African Mus., 

 \-ol. 13, p. 351 : Mortensen. 1933, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk. Xatur- 

 hist. Foren., vol. 93, pp. 3S1-3S2, fig. S3. 

 Littoral to 10 fathoms. Southwest Africa. R-.re. 



15. Ophioderma variepctum 



Ophioderma xtviegiita Liitken, 1S56, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Naturhist. 

 Foren., p. 21; Ljungman, 1S66. Ofvers. K. Veten>k.-Akad. For- 

 handl., vol. 23, p. 304. 



Ophiura varifgata Verrill, 1S67, Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts .and Sci., 

 vol. 1, p. 254. 



Ophioderma variegatum Nielsen, 1932, Vidensk. Medd. Dansk Natur- 

 hist. Foren., vol. 91, pp. 330-332, fig. 36. 



Seldom littoral, down to 60 fathoms. Usu.ally taken in large 

 numbers in dredge hauls on hard and coralline bottom in 10 to 

 30 fathoms ; a delicate form brilliantly colored in tropical waters. 

 A few specimens were collected at low tide in the Galapagos 

 Islands and the Gulf of California. Gulf of California, Mexico, 

 to P."inama, Cocos Island, Socorro Island, Clarion Isl.and, and 

 the Galapagos Islands. Common. 504 specimens in the Hancock 

 Collection. 



16. Ophioderma brevispinum 



Ophiura brevispina Say, 1825, Jour. Acad. ^'at. Sci. Phila., vol. 5, 

 p. 149. 



