372 A. E, Verrill — N'orth American Ophiuroidea. 



Part II. — A Faunal Catalogue of the Known Species op 

 Ophiuroidea from the West Indian Region. 



In the following article the West Indian Zoogeographical region 

 is taken, in its broadest sense, as extending from South Florida and 

 the Bermudas to Yucatan, and to Pernambuco, Brazil. 



The extreme geographical range is here given only for those that 

 are known to extend beyond the West Indian region. When no 

 special localities are given the Carribean Sea and West Indies are to 

 be understood. Those species marked with an asterisk extend north- 

 ward on our coast. 



The synonymy of most of the species is given by Mr. Lyman in 

 the Voyage of the Challenger, vol. v, Ophiuroidea. But dates have 

 been given to indicate the works where the species were first pub- 

 lished. Most of these are given on pages 301 and 383. A fuller 

 bibliography will be given with Part III. 



I have added references to the excellent woodcuts in the *' Three 

 Cruises of the Blake," vol. ii, by Mr, Alexander Agassiz (Bull. Mus. 

 Comp. Zool., vol. sv, 1888); and also to Part I of this series; and 

 to the report on the Ophiuroidea of the Bahama Expedition (1899a), 

 when the species or genera are there described or figured. 



Order I. OPHIURiE Miill. and Trosch., 1843. 

 (See this volume, p. 303). 



Family, PECTINURIDiE Ver., 1899a, p. 4. 

 (See this volume, p. 303.) 



Ophiura Lam., 1801. 



brevicauda Lym., '65. 0-35 fath. 



guttata Lym., '65. 1-10 fath. 



hrevispina Say, '25. 1-122 fath. 



Bermudas and Florida to Brazil. 

 *var. olivacea. Florida to Cape Cod. Shallow water. 



*IIolmesii Lym., '60. S. Carolina. 



cinerea Lym., '65. 0-115 fath. 



Florida to Abrolhos Reefs, Brazil. 

 pallida Verrill, 1899a, p. V, pi. ii, fig. 3. 110-200 fath. 



riihicunda Lym., '65. Littoral. Shallow water. 



sqitamosissima Jjjm., ^65. Littoral?. Shallow water. 



