Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 
1914 — 16 . 
XX. 
Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland- 
Campbell Islands. 
II. Ophiuroidea. 
By 
Dr. Th. Mortensen. 
(With Pis. III-IV.) 
The first Ophiuroid known from New Zealand was Pectinura 
maculata, described by Verri IP) in 1869 under the name of Ophi- 
arachna maculata. In Hutton’s “Catalogue of the Echinodermata 
of New Zealand” (1872) in all 5 species are mentioned, viz. 
Ophiothrix coerulea n. sp. 
Ophionereis fasciaia n. sp. 
Ophiaciis nigrescens n. sp. 
Ophiura maculata Verrill 
Ophiura cylindrica n. sp. 
To this list Hutton adds in 1878^) one more new species, 
Åmphiura parva. In 1877 E. A. Smith^) added another Ophiurid 
to the New Zealand fauna, viz. Ophiopteris antipodum, representing 
a new generic type. 
Not counting a few deep-sea forms, dredged by the “Challenger“ 
and the “Gazelle“ off New Zealand, all additions to the New Zea- 
9 A. E. Verrill. On new and imperfectly known Echinoderms and Corals. 
Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. XII. p. 388. 
2) F.W. Hutton. Notes on some New Zealand Echinodermata, with de- 
scriptions of new species. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XI, p. 305. 
3) E. A. Smith. Description of a new form of Ophiuridae from New Zea¬ 
land. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 4. Ser. XIX. p 305. 
