TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 1 



Order I. Phrynophiurida 17 



Family Ophiomyxidae 17 



Ophiornyxa bengalensis 17 



Ophiornyxa irregularis 17 



Ophiodera neglecta 20 



Neoplax crassipes 22 



Ophiocanops 24 



Ophiocanops fugiens 26 



Ophiobyrsella intorta 27 



Ophiophrixus confinis 30 



Family Trichasteridae 32 



Astrocharis virgo 32 



Astroceras pergamena 33 



Asteronyx loveni 34 



Family Gorgonoeephalidae 35 



Astrothamnus deflciens 35 



Order II. Loemophiurida 38 



Family Hemieuryalidae 38 



Ophiomoeris obstricta 38 



Ophiomoeris spinosa 40 



Ophiomoeris tenera 40 



Ophiogyptis nodosa 40 



Family Ophiomycetidae 41 



Ophiomyces delata 41 



Family Ophiacanthidae 42 



Ophiodyctis 42 



Ophiodyctis uncinatus 42 



Ophiacantha benigna 45 



Ophiacantha composita 46 



Ophiacantha confusa 47 



Ophiacantha dallasii 49 



Ophiacantha duplex 50 



Ophiacantha graphica 51 



Ophiacantha legata 53 



Ophiacantha longidens 55 



Ophiacantha pacata 57 



Ophiacantha pentagona 59 



Ophiacantha severa : 61 



Ophiacantha vorax 63 



Ophiolimna perfida 64 



Ophiogema 67 



Ophiogema punctata 67 



Ophiotreta eximia 70 



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