44 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 293 



Asteroschema ajax A. H. Clark 



Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bernice P. Bishop Museum 

 Bulletin 195, p. 11, fig. 3b, 1949. 



Holotype: 



USNM E6883 (dry). Albatross Sta. 4171, vicinity of Moku Manu, 49-57 

 meters, Aug. 8, 1902. 



Paratypes: 



USNM E6884 (1 dry), Albatross Sta. 4171, see above. 



USNM E6885 (1 dry). Albatross Sta. 4107, Kaiwi Channel, 640-649 

 meters, July 24, 1902. 



USNM E6886 {2 dry), Albatross Sta. 3992, vicinity of Kauai, 965 meters, 

 June 12, 1902. 



USNM E6887 (2 dry), Albatross Sta. 4139, vicinity of Kauai, 936-620 

 meters, Aug. 2, 1902. 



Asteroschema (Ophiocreas) ambonesicum Doderlein 



Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, XXXI, 

 band 6. Abhandlung. Indopacifische Euryalae, p. 76, taf. 10, fig. 8-8b, 

 1927. 



Holotype: 



USNM E9301 (alcohol), Albatross Sta. 6634, Pitt Passage, Philippines, 

 329 fms., Dec. 3, 1909. 



Asteroschema arenosum Lyman 



Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, vol. 5, 

 p. 235, pi. 3, figs. 62-64, 1878. 



Holotype: 



MCZ 2753 {dry), Blake Sta. 2, 4 miles from Morro Lt., Havana, Cuba, 

 850 fms. 



Paratype : 



MCZ 2847 (1 alcohol), S/a/?e Sta. 35, Gulf of Mexico, 804 fms. 



Asteroschema clavigera Verrill 



Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 17, pp. 245-297, 1894. 



Syntypes: 



USNM 11852 (1 alcohol). Albatross Sta. 2530, off George's Bank, 

 956 fms., 1885, on gorgonian. 



The description says there are two specimens, but only one was found 

 in the USNM collection. 



Asteroschema edmondsoni A. H. Clark 



Ophiuroidea of the Hawaiian Islands. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bul- 

 letin 195, p. 10, fig. 3a, 1949. 



