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Eamily OPHIOCOMIDAE 
Genus Ophiocoma L. Agassiz 
Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely 
Ophiocoma anaglyptica Ely, Wash. Acad. Sci. 
Jour. 34(11): 373, fig. 1, 1944 (Canton 
Island, reef). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-30 (1 specimen); G.O.C.-32 (4 
specimens). 
Ophiocoma scolopendrina (Lamarck) 
Ophiura scolopendrina Lamarck, Histoire na- 
turelle des animaux sans vertebres, vol. 2, 
p. 544, 1816 (Mauritius). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-41 (2 specimens); G.O.C-51 (9 
specimens); Banner, A-l,A-2 (13 specimens); 
Banner, exact locality lost (2 specimens). 
Tuamotus, Morrison, 1879 (1 specimen); 
1994 (1 specimen); 2185 (12 specimens); 2252 
(1 specimen); 2254 (2 specimens). 
Eiji, Mukuluva reefs, June 12-16, 1922 (26 
specimens); reef east of Mukuluva, June 14, 
1922 (3 specimens). 
Guam, Oca Point, D. G. Frey, November 
1945 (2 specimens); January 1946 (2 spec- 
imens), 
Saipan, lagoon west of the island, P. E. 
Cloud, Jr., April 19, 1949 (2 specimens). 
Solomon Islands, New Georgia, Lt. Wil- 
liam A. Bartos, 1944 (2 specimens). 
New Guinea, J. E. Hadley (15 specimens). 
Ophiocoma erinaceus Muller and Troschel 
Ophiocoma erinaceus Muller and Troschel, Sys- 
tem der Asteriden, p. 98, 1842 (Red Sea; 
Indian Ocean). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-24 (8 specimens); G.O.C.-30 (9 
specimens); G.O.C.-36 (5 specimens). 
Tuamotus, Morrison, 1920 (6 specimens); 
2040 (1 specimen), 
Saipan, lagoon west of the island, P. E. 
Cloud, Jr., May 13, 1949 (1 specimen); on 
Tanapag reef, P. E. Cloud, Jr., April 29, 1949 
(3 specimens). 
Ophiocoma schoenleinii Muller 
and Troschel 
Ophiocoma schoenleinii Muller and Troschel, 
System der Asteriden, p. 99, 1842 (India). 
LOCALITY: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-41 (2 specimens). 
Ophiocoma pica Muller and Troschel 
Ophiocoma pica Miiller and Troschel, System 
der Asteriden, p. 101, 1842 (locality un- 
known). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
exact locality lost, Banner (1 specimen). 
Tuamotus, Morrison, 1994 (1 specimen). 
Ophiocoma brevipes Peters 
Ophiocoma brevipes Peters, Preuss. Akad. der 
Wiss., Ber. 1851: 466 (Mozambique; Que- 
rimba Island). 
LOCALITIES: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-24 (1 specimen); G.O.C.-30 (1 
specimen) . 
Tuamotus, Morrison, 1920 (1 specimen). 
Eiji, Mukuluva reefs (2 specimens). 
Netherlands New Guinea, Amsterdam Is- 
land, about 5 miles north of Sansapor, Lt. 
George H. Penn, August 15 to October 3, 
1944 (1 specimen). 
Ophiocoma sp. 
locality: Gilbert Islands, Onotoa Atoll, 
G.O.C.-26 (1 specimen). 
Genus Ophiocomella A. H. Clark 
Ophiocomella clippertoni A. H. Clark 
Ophiocomella clippertoni A. H. Clark, Smithsn. 
Inst., Misc. Collect. 98(11): 7, pi. 1, figs. 
1, 2 (as O.parva), 1939 (Clipperton Island). 
