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*Teredo ( Teredo ) parksi var. madras ensis 
Nair 
°Teredo ( Teredo ) parksi Bartsch 
°Teredo ( Cornuteredo ) bensoni Edmondson 
Teredothyra smithi Bartsch 
*Teredo ( Nototeredo ) nambudalaiensis Nair 
and Gurumani 
*Teredo ( Zopoteredo ) bengalensis Nair 
Teredothyra excavata Jeffreys 
*Teredo ( Teredothyra ) linearis Nair 
°Teredo (T eredothryra) palauensis Edmond- 
son 
°Teredo ( Teredothyra ) subicensis Edmond- 
son 
Bankia bipalmulata Lamarck 
* Bankia ( Bankia ) bipalmulata Lamarck 
°Bankia ( Bankiella ) sp. 
°Bankia ( Neobankia ) hawaiiensis Edmond- 
son 
°Bankia ( Neobankia ) konaensis Edmondson 
Nausitora sp. 
°Bankia (Nausitora) oahuensis Edmondson 
Teredo bartschi Clapp 
°Teredo (Teredo) bartschi Clapp 
°Teredo (Teredo) hilo ensis Edmondson 
Lyrodus medilobata Edmondson 
°Teredo (Cornuteredo) medilobata Edmond- 
son 
Teredo triangularis Edmondson 
°Teredo (Cornuteredo) medilobata Edmond- 
son 
Lyrodus affinis Deshay as 
°Teredo (Cornuteredo) milleri Dali et al. 
Teredo fulleri Clapp 
°Teredo (Zopoteredo) fulleri Clapp 
Teredo clap pi Bartsch 
°Teredo (Zopoteredo) trulliformis Miller 
From Table 1 it is clear that while 1 1 species 
of teredines are generally well distributed from 
Madras to the Philippine coast, the others are 
mostly confined to Hawaii and the Pacific, and 
are not represented in the rest of the areas. Of 
the seven species recorded from Hawaii, T. 
bartschi , T . clappi, and T . fulleri seem to extend 
farther and invade the Gulf of Mexico and the 
Caribbean while others are indigenous. 
L. pedicellatus, T. princesae, T. furcifera, and 
T. excavata are known to occur not only along 
the Madras coast, in Southeast Asia, and near 
TABLE 1 
The Distribution of Important Species of Wood-Borers in the Indo-Pacific Area 
SPECIES 
MADRAS 
INDONESIA 
AND 
PACIFIC 
ISLANDS 
PHILIPPINES 
HAWAII 
OTHER 
ISLANDS* 
Bankia car in at a 
X 
X 
X 
Bankia campannelata 
X 
Bankia bipennata 
X 
X 
Lyrodus pedicellatus 
X 
X 
X 
X 
1,2, 3, 4 
Dicyathifer manni 
X 
X 
Teredora princesae 
X 
X 
X 
X 
2, 3,4, 5 
Nototeredo edax 
X 
X 
X 
Uperotus clavus 
X 
Nausitora dunlopei 
X 
X 
X 
Teredo furcifera 
X 
X 
X 
1,2 
Teredothyra smithi 
X 
X 
Teredothyra excavata 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Bankia bipalmulata 
X 
X 
X 
X 
Nausitora sp. 
X 
Teredo bartschi 
X 
Lyrodus medilobata 
X 
Teredo triangularis 
X 
1,7 
Lyrodus affinis 
X 
Teredo fulleri 
X 
1,6,7 
Teredo clappi 
X 
1,7 
* The numbers in this column refer to species reported by Dr. Edmondson from the island of Samoa (1), Canton (2), 
Johnston (3), Midway (4), Wake (5), Christmas (6), and Palmyra (7). 
