[Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. XII, No. 7, pp. 117 to 138, July 8, 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE ECHINODERMS 

 OF BERMUDA. 



Hubert Lyman Clark. 



(Read March 13, 1899.) 



[Plate IV.] 



Once more I am indebted to Professor Bristol for the privi- 

 lege of examining a collection of echinoderms, made in Ber- 

 muda by students of New York University, and it has proved 

 of even greater interest than the one made in 1897. The value 

 of the collection made in 1898 is very greatly increased by the 

 care taken in the preservation of the specimens, and especially 

 by the valuable field notes made by Mr. C. E. Brush, Jr., and 

 Mr. F. W. Carpenter, and I wish to express my thanks to these 

 gentlemen for their courtesy in turning their notes over to me 

 for my use. The chief interest in the collection centers on the 

 holothurians, especially on the Synaptidae, of which there are 

 five species. Only one of these has previously been recorded 

 from Bermuda, while one of the others is apparently new to 

 science. Most of the holothurians are remarkably well pre- 

 served and some are as well extended as in life. 



The collection contains only two Echinoids and both of these 

 have been recorded from the islands before. They are Eclimo- 

 metra siibangidaris (Lecke) and Mellita sexforis A. Ag. The 

 former are reported as common on both the north and south 

 shores but in color those from the north shore are " rich dark red " 

 while those from the south are said to be "jet black." There 

 are two very good specimens of Mellita " dredged in eight feet 

 of water at the entrance to Flatt's Reach, just off Giblet Island, 

 on sandy, non-shelly bottom." According to Mr. Brush's field 



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