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Metalia spatagus (Linne) 
Echinus spatagus Linne, Sy sterna naturae, ed. 
10, p. 665, 1758 (oceans everywhere). 
LOCALITIES: Guam, Oca Point, David H. 
Johnson, May, 1945 (1 specimen). 
New Caledonia (fragments of a very large 
specimen bored by a gastropod). 
Metalia dicrana H. L. Clark 
Metalia dicrana H. L. Clark, Mus. Compar. 
Zook, Mem. 46(2): 211, pi. 146, fig. 16, 
pi. 160, figs. 1-4, 1917 (Panglao, Bohol 
Province, Philippines) . 
LOCALITY: Marshall Islands, Likiep Atoll, 
Uado Island, F. S. MacNeil (1 specimen). 
Genus Maretia Gray 
Maretia ovata (Leske) 
Spatangus ovatus Leske, Additamenta ad Jacobi 
Theodori Klein, p. 188, pi. 49, figs. 12, 
13, 1778. 
LOCALITY: Marshall Islands, Uterik, F. S. 
MacNeil (fragments). 
Gentus Brissus Leske 
Brissus latecarinatus (Leske) 
Spatangus brissus var. latecarinatus Leske, Addi- 
tamenta ad Jacobi Theodori Klein, pp. 
XX, 185, 1778. 
LOCALITIES: Marshall Islands, Taka Atoll, 
F. S. MacNeil (2 specimens; the larger, length 
123 mm., width 100 mm., height 65 mm.); 
Ujelang Atoll, sand bar east of Moron Island, 
F. S. MacNeil (19 specimens; the largest, 
length 137 mm., width 105 mm., height 78 
mm.); Wotho Island, F. S. MacNeil (1 spec- 
imen, length 135 mm., width 113 mm., 
height 81 mm.); no definite locality, F. S. 
MacNeil (1 specimen). 
Class ASTEROIDEA 
Family ARCHASTERIDAE 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. VIII, July, 1954 
Archaster typicus Muller and Troschel 
Archaster typicus Muller and Troschel, Preuss. 
Akad. der Wiss., Monatsber. 1840: 104 
(Indian Ocean). 
locality: New Caledonia (3 specimens). 
Family OREASTERIDAE 
Genus Protoreaster Doderlein 
Protoreaster nodosus (Linne) 
Asterias nodosa Linne, Systema naturae, ed. 10, 
p. 661, 1758 (Indian Ocean). 
LOCALITIES: Guam, Oca Point, David H. 
Johnson, May, 1945 (1 specimen); D. G. 
Frey, November, 1945 (5 specimens). 
Seleo Island, about 5 miles off the northern 
New Guinea coast at Aitape, about midway 
between Hollandia and Wewak, coral reef, 
Capt. Marvin Clinton Meyer (2 specimens). 
New Caledonia (3 specimens). 
Genus CuLCiTA L. Agassiz 
Culcita novae-guineae 
Muller and Troschel 
Culcita novae-guineae Muller and Troschel,- 
System der Asteriden, 1842, p. 38 (New 
Guinea) . 
LOCALITIES: Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, 
inside pools of outer reef, southeastern Bikini 
Island, H. S. Ladd, March 23, 1946 (1 spec- 
imen); Ailuk, windward reef, F. S. MacNeil, 
1951-52 (i specimen). 
Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, P. E. Cloud, 
Jr. (1 specimen); G.O.C.-54 (1 specimen). 
Tuamotus, Morrison, 2023 (1 specimen); 
2059 (1 specimen); 2060 (1 specimen); 2172 
(1 specimen). 
Guam, Oca Point, David H. Johnson, 
May, 1945 (4 specimens); D. G. Frey, No- 
vember, 1945 (5 specimens). 
Seleo Island, about 5 miles off the northern 
coast of New Guinea at Aitape, about midway 
