410 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Chorological Synopsis of the Species herein mentioned. 
Ocean. Range in Fathoms. | Nature of the Sea-bottom. 
Linckia guildingu . : Atlantic. 
Indian, Pacific, and 
{ Eastern Archipelago. \ 
| Linckia pacifica, var. diplax Indian and Pacific. Shallow water. Coral reefs. 
Linckia miliaris Shallow water. | Coral reefs. 
1. Linckia guldingu, Gray. 
Linckia Guildingti, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 
Ophidiaster ornithopus, Miller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 31. 
Scytaster stella, Duchassaing, 1850, Anim. Radiaires des Antilles, p. 4. 
Linckia ornithopus, Verrill, 1871 (1867), Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sci., vol. i. part 2, p. 344. 
Locality—Porto Praya, St Jago, Cape Verde Islands. Depth and conditions not 
recorded. 
2. Linckia miliaris (Linck), v. Martens. 
Pentadactylosaster miliaris, Linck, 1733, De Stellis marinis, p. 34, tab. xxviii. No. 47. 
Asterias levigata ( pars), Linné, 1766, Systema Nature, ed. xii, p. 1100. 
Linkia typus, Nardo, 1834, De Asteriis, Oken’s Isis, p. 717. 
Ophidiaster levigata, Miller and Troschel, 1840, Monatsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wiss. Berlin, April 
1840, p. 103. 
Linckia Brownii, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 
Linckia crassa, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 284. 
Ophidiaster miliaris, Miller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 30. 
Ophidiaster clathrata, Grube, 1864, Jahresber. Schles. Gesellsch. Vaterl. Cultur, p. 51. 
Linckia miliaris, v. Martens, 1866, Archiv f. Naturgesch., Jahrg. xxxii. Bd. 1. p. 64. 
Linckia levigata, Liitken, 1871, Videnskab. Medd. naturh. Foren. i Kjgbenhavn, p. 267. 
Localities—Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 
Zebu, Philippine Islands. On the reefs. 
3. Linckia pacifica, var. diplax (Miiller and Troschel). 
Linckia pacifica, Gray, 1840, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. vi. p. 285. 
Ophidiaster diplax, Miller and Troschel, 1842, System der Asteriden, p. 30. 
1 Ophidiaster irregularis, Perrier, 1869, Ann. Sci. Nat., 5e Série, t. xii. p. 253. 
Linckia nicobarica, Liitken, 1871, Videnskab. Medd. naturh. Foren. i Kjgbenhavn, p. 265. 
Localities—Tongatabu. Depth and conditions not recorded. 
Kandavu, Fiji Islands. On the reefs. 
