CATALOG OF RECENT OPHIUROID TYPE SPECIMENS 67 



Syntypes: 



MCZ 1942 (4 dry), Challenger Sta. 344, off Ascension Id., 420 fms. 



Ophiacantha cyrena A. H. Clark 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 8, vol. xviii, p. 117, 1916. 



Holotype: 



USNM 38582 (dry), Albatross Sta. 2818, Galapagos Islands, 392 fms., 

 Apr. 15, 1888. 



Ophiacantha densa Farran 



Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland. 

 Fisheries Branch, Scientific Investigations, 1912, no. VI, p. 40, figs. 12, 

 13, 1913. 



Paratypes: 



USNM 34081 (3 alcohol), Helga Sta. SR 504, west coast of Ireland, 

 627-728 fms., Sept. 12, 1907, 



MCZ 3792 (2 dry), off SW Ireland, 627-728 fms. 



Ophiacantlia diplasia H. L. Clark 



U.S. National Museum Bulletin 75, p. 209, fig. 97, 1911. 



Holotype and paratypes: 



USNM 25647 (3 dry) (largest is holotype). Albatross Sta. 3051, Heceta 

 Bank, Oregon, 59 fms., 1889. 



Paratjrpes: 



USNM 26000 (1 dry), Albatross Sta. 3119, off Santa Cruz, California, 

 54 fms., 1890. 



USNM 26247 (3 dry). Albatross Sta. 3350, off Pt. Arena, California, 

 75 fms., 1890. 



USNM 26248 (5 dry). Albatross Sta. 3053, Heceta Bank, Oregon, 64 

 fms., 1889. 



USNM 26814 (1 dry). Albatross Sta. 3978, off Heceta Bank, Oregon, 

 68 fms., 1889. 



USNM 27216 (19 dry), Albatross Sta. 3119, see above. 



USNM 27091 (1 alcohol), Albatross Sta. 3160, Farallone Ids., Cali- 

 fornia, 39 fms., 1890. 



USNM 27215 (5 alcohol), Albatross Sta. 3078, see above. 



USNM 26927 (18 dlcohol), Albatross Sta. 3051, see above. 



USNM 26987 (4 alcohol), Albatross Sta. 3350, see above. 



MCZ 3198 (2 dry). Albatross Sta. 3051, see above. 



