1.Y1 BULLETIN 82, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Fiji [P. II. Carpenter, 1881]. 



Tonga Islands [Lutken, 1S74; A. H. Clark, 1909, 1912] (1, C. M.). 



New Caledonia; M. Reveilliere, 1880 [A. H. Clark, 1911, 1912] (1, P. M.). 



Mer, Murray Islands, Torres Strait; southwestern roef; H. L. Clark, October 11, 

 1913 111. 1- Clark, 1915, 1921] (1, M. C. Z., 599). 



Sissio, near Misool; shore and reef; Willebrord Snellius, October 6, 1929 [A. II. 

 Clark, 1936] (1, L. M.). 



Batoe Ata; 7 meters: Wdhbrord Snellius, Marcb G, 1930 [A. H. Clark, 1936] 

 (1, L. M.). 



Obi latoe; shore and reef; Willebrord Snellius, April 23-27, 1930 [A. H. Clark, 

 1936] (2, L. M.). 



Beo, Talaud Islands; 6-10 meters; Willebrord Snellius, June 14-21, 1930 [A. H. 

 Clark, 1936] (1, L. M.). 



Siboga station 301; ofT southwestern Timor (lat. 10°38'00" S., long. 123°25'12" 

 E.); 22 meters; mud, coral, and litbothamnion; January 30, 1900 [A. H. Clark, 1918] 

 (1, Amsterdam Mus.). 



Siboga station 250; anchorage off Kilsuin, west coast of Kur Island; 27 meters; 

 coral and litbothamnion; December 6-7, 1899 [A. H. Clark, 1918] (1, Amsterdam 

 Mus.). 



Siboga station 89; Pulu Kaniungan ketjil; 11 meters; coral; June 21, 1899 [A. H. 

 Clark, 1918] (11, U.S.N.M., E. 428; Amsterdam Mus.). 



Temukus roads, Bali; on coral reef; yacht Alva, October 25, 1931 [Boone, 1938]. 



Sunda Strait; Captain Storm [Hartlaub, 1912]. 



Singapore [A. H. Clark, 1934] (1, Raffles Mus.). 



Singapore; Svend Gad [A. H. Clark, 1909, 1912] (1, C. M.). 



Nicobar Islands; Galathea Expedition [A. H. Clark, 1909, 1912] (1, C. M.). 



Investigator; Port Blair, Andaman Islands [A. H. Clark, 1912] (1, U.S.N.M., 

 35223). 



Investigator; Andaman Islands [A. H. Clark, 1912] (1, I. M.). 



Tuticorin, Madras [Bell, 1888; Thurston, 1894; A. H. Clark, 1912, 1913] (2, 

 B. M). 



Investigator station 175; off northeastern Ceylon (lat. 8°51'30" N., long. 81°11'52" 

 E.); 51 meters; April 20, 1894 [A. H. Clark, 1912] (5, I. M.). 



Ceylon; Doctor Sarasin [Iteichensperger, 1913; H. L. Clark, 1915]. 



Hulule, Male, Maldives [Bell, 1902; A. H. Clark, 1912, 1913] (1, B. M.). 



Male, Maldives [A. H. Clark, 1912, 1913] (1, B. M.). 



Mublos, Maldives [A. H. Clark, 1912, 1913] (1, B. M.). 



Geographical range. — From the Macclesfield Bank and the Philippine Islands to 

 the Caroline and Marshall Islands, Samoa, Fiji, the Tonga Islands, New Caledonia, 

 and Torres Strait, and westward to Coylon and the Maldivo Islands. 



Batltymttriciil thikji . From the shoreline down to 51 meters; most of the records 

 are from the shoreline or from very shallow water. 



History. — This species was first mentioned by Prof. Christian F. Lutken in 1874 

 under the name of Antedon protectus. This name appeared as a nomen nudum with 

 the locality "Tonga Islands" in the catalog of the Godefiroy Company of Hamburg. 



