258 
1920 (1 specimen); 2103 (1 comet); 2121 (4 
specimens); 2185 (3 specimens); 2243 (1 
comet); 2245 (15 specimens). 
Canton Island, L. P. Schultz, June 5, 1939 
(1 specimen). 
Saipan, lagoon west of the island, P. E. 
Cloud, Jr., April 27, 1949 (1 specimen); April 
27 and May 13, 1949 (5 specimens); May 6, 
1949 (1 specimen). 
Linckia laevigata (Linne) 
Asterias laevigata Linne, Systema naturae, ed. 
10, voL 1, p. 662, No. 8, 1758 (Mediter- 
ranean and Indian Seas). 
localities: Marshall Islands, Bikini Atoll, 
Bikini Island, from shore (coral head) in Bi- 
kini lagoon near Bikini Island, depth 40 feet, 
J. P. E. Morrison, March 13, 1946 (1 spec- 
imen) . 
Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, G.O.C.-39 
(1 specimen). 
Guam, Oca Point, David H. Johnson, 
May-June, 1945 (16 specimens); D. G. Frey, 
November, 1945 (2 specimens). 
Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Wilfred 
G. litis (5 specimens, one of them 6-rayed). 
New Caledonia (1 specimen). 
Family ASTEROPIDAE 
Genus Asterope Muller and Troschel 
Asterope carinifera (Lamarck) 
Asterias carinifera Lamarck, Histoire naturelle 
des animaux sans vertebres, vol. 2, p. 556, 
1816 (voyage of Peron and Lesueur). 
LOCALITIES: Fiji, Mukuluva reefs (1 spec- 
imen). 
Guam, Oca Point, David H. Johnson, 
May, 1945 (1 specimen). 
Seleo Island, about 5 miles off the northern 
coast of New Guinea at Aitape, about mid- 
way between Hollandia and Wewak, coral 
reef, Capt. Marvin Clinton Meyer (1 spec- 
imen). 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. VIII, July, 1954 
Family ASTERINIDAE 
Genus Asterina Nardo 
Asterina cephea (Muller and Troschel) 
Asterias cephea (Valenciennes, MS.) Muller 
and Troschel, System der Asteriden, p. 41, 
1842 (Batavia [Djakarta], Java). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C,-51 (4 specimens, one 4-rayed). 
Okinawa, reef off Odomari, A. R. Loeblich, 
Ir., June 12, 1945 (1 specimen). 
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 (3 specimens). 
Genus Patiriella Verrill 
Patiriella exigua (Lamarck) 
Asterias exigua Lamarck, Histoire naturelle des 
animaux sans vertebres, vol. 2, p. 554 (Seas 
of America, etc.). 
localities: Admiralty Islands, Manus, D. 
G. Frey, January 12, 1946 (15 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 (7 specimens). 
Genus Disasterina Perrier 
Disasterina spinulifera H. L. Clark 
Disasterina spinulifera H, L. Clark, Mus. Corn- 
par. ZooL, Mem, 55: 156, pL 22, fig. 6, 
1938 (Broome, Western Australia). 
locality: Saipan, lagoon west of the is- 
land, P. E. Cloud, Jr., May 4, 1949 (1 
specimen) . 
Family ECHINASTERIDAE 
Genus Othilia Gray 
Othilia luzonica Gray 
Othilia luzonica Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 
Hist. 6: 282, 1840 (Isle of Luzon, Philip- 
pines). 
