CATALOG OF RECENT OPHIUROID TYPE SPECIMENS 69 



Ophiacantlia euphylactea H. L. Clark 



U.S. National Museum Bulletin 75, p. 225, fig. 105, 1911. 



Holotype: 



USNM 25730 (dry). Albatross Sta. 3697, off Manazuru Zaki, Japan, 

 265-120 fms., 1900. 



Ophiacantlia eurypoina H. L. Clark 



U.S. National Museum Bulletin 75, p. 223, fig. 103, 1911. 



Syntypes: 



*USNM 25626 (2 dry). Albatross Sta. 2859, east of Prince of Wales Id., 

 Alaska, 569 fms., 1888. 



MCZ 3201 (1 dry), Albatross sta. 2859, see above. 



*A note on the catalog card says the largest specimen is the type; 

 however, no distinction is made in the original description between the two 

 specimens. 



Ophiacantlia eurythyra H. L. Clark 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10), vol. 15, p. 125, 1935. 



Holotype: 



MCZ 941 (1 dry). Corona del Mar, California, 7 fms., G. E. MacGinitie, 

 collector. 



Paratypes: 

 MCZ 942 (4 dry), Corona del Mar, California, 10-15 fms., G. E. 

 MacGinitie, collector. 



Ophiacantha eximia Koehler 



Ophiures de I'Expedition du Siboga^ pt. 2, Ophiures de mer profunde, 

 p. 116, pl. 21, figs. 3-5, 1904. 

 = Ophiotreta eximia (see H. L. Clark, 1915) 



Syntype : 



MCZ 3509 (1 dry), Siboga Sta. 45, N of Sumbawa, D.E.I., 442 fms. 



Ophiacantha granulifera Verrill 



American Journal of Science, ser. 3, vol. 29, p. 153, 1885. 



Syntypes: 



USNM 9175 (6 dry), Albatross Sta. 2069, off George's Bank, 101 fms., 

 Sept. 1, 1883. 



USNM 33418 (4 alcohol), Albatross Sta. 2069, see above. 



Verrill's original description gives the locality as "off Nova Scotia." 

 No station number is given, but the depth is given as 101-200 fms., and 

 these were probably among the specimens examined by Verrill. 



