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Family OPHIOCHITONIDAE 

 Genus OPHIODESMUS Ziesenhenne 



OPHIODESMUS DEGENERI A. H, Clark 



Ophiodesmtis degeneri A. H. Clark, Bernice P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 195, p. 46, 

 fig. 17, a, b, p. 47, 1949 (Albatross station 4160, in the vicinity of Moku Manu 

 [Bird Island], Hawaiian Islands, 57-71 meters). 



Localities. — Bikini Atoll; in the lagoon, 180-200 feet; Schultz, 

 March 29, 1946. Two small specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7357. 



Bikini Atoll; in the lagoon, 150-180 feet; Schultz, April 13, 1948. 

 Two specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7358. 



Family OPHIOCOMIDAE 

 Genus OPHIOCOMA L. Agassiz 



OPHIOCOMA ANAGLYPTICA Ely 



OpMocoma anaglyptica Ely, Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 34, No. 11, p. 373, 



fig. 1, p. 374, 1944 ( Canton Island, reef ) . 



Localities. — Bikini Atoll; Namu Island, west of the north point, 

 under loose flat coral heads ; Morrison, April 4, 1946. One specimen, 

 U.S.N.M. No. E. 7141. 



Eniwetok Atoll; reef on the ocean side of Pujiyoru Island; Mor- 

 rison and Cali, June 2, 1946. Six specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7309. 



Eniwetok Atoll; under rocks on rocky shore, south end of Rigili 

 Island; Morrison, May 25, 1946. Two specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 

 7574. 



Notes. — The apparently quite distinct and easily recognized 

 Ophiocoma anaglyptica was described in 1944 from Canton Island 

 in the Phoenix group and has not since been reported. The granules 

 on the disk are lower and broader than those of O. scolopendrina., 

 a point not mentioned in the original description. 



Mr. Ely has kindly presented his type specimen to the National 

 Museum (No. E. 6847). The National Museum also possesses speci- 

 mens from Asor Island, Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands, collected and 

 presented by Lt. Comdr. F. C. Ziesenhenne, U. S. N. E. 



OPHIOCOMA SCOLOPENDRINA (Lamarck) 



OpJiiura scolopendrina Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des animanx sans 

 vertebres, vol. 2, p. 544, 1816 (Mauritius). 



Localities. — Bikini Atoll; Bikini Island, under rocks in the lower 

 intertidal zone near the outer reef; Morrison, March 7, 1946. Three 

 specimens, U.S.N.M. No. E. 7138. 



Bikini Atoll ; Namu Island, under loose flat coral heads a little west 

 of the north point ; Morrison, April 4, 1946. One specimen, U.S.N.M. 

 No. E. 7142. 



