﻿MARSHALL ISLANDS ECHINODERMS — CLARK 



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ECHINODERMS FROM OPERATION CROSSROADS, 1946, AND THE 

 BIKINI SCIENTIFIC RESURVEY, 1947 



Species 



1946 1947 



Criuoidea 



Comaster gracilis x 



Comanthus bennetti x 



Stephanometra indica protec- 



hts X X 



Echinoidea 



Eucidaris metularia 



Chondrocidaris gigantea 



Phyllacanthus imperialis 



Coelopleurus sp 



Echinothrix diadema 



Echinothrix calamaris 



Temnopleurus toreumaticus.. 



Mespilia globulus 



Desmechinus rufus 



Cyrtechinus verruculatus 



Tripneusies gratilla 



Parasalenia gratiosa 



Echinometra mathaei 



Echinometra mathaei oblonga. 



Echinostrephus aciculatus 



Ileterocentroius trigonarius . _ 

 Heterocentrotus mammillatus . 



Clypeaster reticulatus 



Lnganum depressum 



Fibularia australis 



Fibularia ovulum 



Fibularia volva 



Fibularia acuta 



Echinocyamus incertvs 



Echinocyamus megapelalus.. 



Echinocyamus elongatus 



Echinoneus abnormalis 



Echinoneus cyclosiomus 



Echinolampas alexandri 



Metalia dicrana 



Brissus latecarinatus 



Maretia ovata 



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Asteroidea 



Astropecten polyacanthus x 



Luidia mascarena x 



Calliaster elegans x 



Culcita novae-guineae x * x 



Neoferdina ocellata x 



* Johnston Island only. 



' Collected in 1947 and 1948 (See text, p. 266). 



' Collected in 1948 only (See text, p. 266). 



Spieces 1946 1947 



Asteroidea — Continued 



Fromia balansae x 



Fromia hemiopla x 



Fromia eusticha x 



Dactylosaster cylindricus pa- 



cificus X 



Ophidiaster granifer x x 



Ophidiaster squameus x 



Ophidiaster lorioli x 



Ophidiaster pusillus x 



Linckia multifora x x 



Linckia guildingii x 



Linckia laevigata x 



Asterina cephea x 



Asterina coronata cristaia x x 



Asterina anomala x 



Othilia lu zonica x 



Acanthasier planci x 



Ophiuroidea 



Ophiomyxa australis x 



Ophiodera punctata, new 

 species — 



Ophiactis savignyi 



Ophiothrix longipeda 



Ophiothrix elegans x 



Ophiothrix virgata x 



Ophiothrix trilineata 



Ophiothrix exigua 



Ophiothrix lepida 



Ophiodesmus degeneri x 



Ophiocoma anaglyptica x 



Ophiocoma scolopendrina x 



OphiocowM erinaceus x 



Ophiocoma pica x 



Ophiocoma brevipes x 



Ophiocoma sp 



Ophiocomella clippertoni x 



Ophiomaslix mixta x 



Ophiomastix bispinosa x 



Ophiomaslix sexradiata, new 



species 



Ophiopezella spinosa 



Ophiura kinbergi x 



Ophiolepis cincta 



Ophioplocus imbricatus 



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