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43. Colochirus anceps Selenka. 



General color orange, the feet red. Hnbilat: Boliol. Shallow water up to 

 10 fathoms. Length 8-10 centimotors. 



44. Colochirus cylindricus Semper, 



Habitat: Bohol. In water of 10 fathoms. Length 5 c^cntimetera. 



43. Colochirus tuberculosus Quoy & Gaim. 



Habitat: Bohol. In shallow water and up to 10 fathoms. 



40. Colochirus quadrangularis Less. 



Habitat; Bohol. In shallow water and up to 10 fathoms. 



47. Stichopus variegatus Semper. 



Yellowish-gray with markings of gray and brown. Habitat: Philippines. 

 In shallow water up to 10 fathoms. 



48. Stichopus naso Semper. 



General color yellowish-gray. Habitat: Bohol. In 10 to 1.5 fathoms. 



49. Holothuria marmorata Jaeger. 



Auburn above, with some large spots or bands of yellowish-white; yellowish 

 below. Scattered over the sides of the body are violet spots on a yellowish-white 

 area. The deposits in the body wall are X-shaped, or oval with central incisions 

 on each side. Habitat: BohoU In shallow water. 



50. Holothuria tenuissima Semper. 



Pedicels all over the body. The deposits consist of incomplete rosettes, or 

 slightly branched rods. Habitat: Bohol, in 1.5 fathoms of water. 



51. Holothuria similis Semper. 



Fine papilliE all over the body. Habitat: Bohol, in 10 to 15 fathoms of water. 



52. Holothuria erinasus Semper. 



Color dark-bro%vn or blackish, lighter below; pedicels a light yellowish-bromi. 

 The rods bear a few spines on their sides, their ends are slightly branched or 

 perforated. Habitat: Bohol and Luzon, in shallow water. 



53. Holothuria graffei Semper. 



Ventral pedicels in three distinct longitudinal series. The dorsal papillae 

 large. The deposits consist of tables, rosettes, and irregular branched plates. 

 Habitat: Luzon. 



54. Holothuria pulchella Selenka. 



The ventral pedicels are mere crowded than the dorsal papillae. The spire of the 

 table consisting of u, reduced almost annular disk, with 12 teeth on the top. 

 Habitat: Philippine Islands, in shallow water. 



55. Holothuria pervicax Selenka. 



Color in alcohol grayish-brown, with some darker cross bands on the back. 

 The pedicels and papillae are about the same size. The ventral surface is more 

 crowded. The tables are not well developed, the spire being short and terminating 

 in but 4 teeth ; disks small, rounded, smooth or slightly uneven on the margins. 

 Rods small, elongate, and uneven on the margins, or with holes on the sides. 

 Habitat: Philippine Islands. 



56. Holothuria atra Jaeger. 



Dorsal papillae and ventral pedicels of nearly equal size. Disks forming simple 

 rings; often with small hole at the base of each vertical rod. The spire ter 

 minating in 8 horizontal and 4 vertical teeth. The plates are evenly rounded, or 

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