the other West Indian Islands (H.L. Clark 1933) also summarized historical
information about all classes of echinoderms for Hispaniola, except crinoids, with
some new records. Austin H. Clark (1939) listed 19 species of shallow-water
echinoderms (between 1 and 2 m depth) collected in two localities in the north of
Haiti (Cape Haitien and Tortue Island) during the Smithsonian-Hartford expedition of March 1937, aboard the RV Joseph Conrad.
New collections took place during the 1930s on five expeditions: ParishSmithsonian in 1930 to Haiti on the yacht Esperanza, Norcross-Bartlett in July 1931
to the southwest of Santo Domingo down to 200 m depth on the schooner Effie
Morrissey, Johnson–Smithsonian Deep-Sea in February 1933 on the Yacht Caroline
at depths from 26 to 40 m at twelve stations inside the Bay and around the Peninsula
of Samaná (Bartsch 1933), RV Stranger in February 1933 in Port-au-Prince and the
RV Atlantis in April 1939 dredging to 1,170 m deep at one station to the northeast of
Haiti (H.L. Clark 1941). These expeditions contributed new records for Hispaniola
including two deep-water asteroid species: Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen,
1889) and Phormosoma placenta sigsbei (A. Agassiz, 1880). The expeditions of
1931 and 1933 collected the first specimens of crinoids: Poliometra prolixa (Sladen,
1881) and Nemaster rubiginosa (Pourtalés, 1869).
In the decade of 1960s two expeditions took place. The exploratory fishing
vessel Silver Bay in October 1963 made collections at six stations between 92 and
348 m deep in the north, northeast and east of the Dominican Republic. The
exploratory fishing vessel Oregon in June and May, 1965 and December 1969
collected between 11 and 59 m deep at four stations off the north Haitian coast and
the northeast Dominican coast. During this period, Parslow and Clark (1963)
summarized the zoogeographical distribution of shallow-water (less than 17 m
deep) ophiuroids known for the West Indies, including 11 species from Hispaniola,
updating the previous list of H.L. Clark (1919). Deichmann (1963) summarized
previous records of holothuroids for Haiti. Halpern (1969) mentioned the asteorid
Litonotaster intermedius (Perrier, 1884) found in the Windward Pass, between
Cuba and Hispaniola, at a depth between 1,958 and 3,294 m (Downey 1973).
From January to July 1970 and July 1971 the most prolific expeditions carried
out in Hispaniolan waters took place aboard the RV John Elliot Pillsbury.
Collections were made at seven stations in Haiti, between 31 and 2,545 m deep,
and 33 stations in Dominican Republic, between 9 and 3,109 m deep (Fig. 13.1)
(Staiger and Voss 1970). Meyer et al. (1978) included the RV John Elliot Pillsbury
collections in their zoogeographical study of western Atlantic Ocean crinoids,
offering the most complete summary of this group, with 19 species listed for
Dominican and Haitian waters. In her review of the Order Brisingida for
the Atlantic Ocean, Downey (1986) also incorporated Haitian specimens from the
Pillsbury expeditions. A.M. Clark (1987) described the type specimen of the
asteoridHenricia downeyae A.M. Clark, 1987 from a Haitian locality, registered in
the catalogue of types of the NMNH (Ahearn 1995). Two more records for Haiti
from this period were the holothuroid Psolus tuberculosus Théel, 1886 (Miller and
Pawson 1984) and the asteroid Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier,
1881) (Halpern 1970).
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information about all classes of echinoderms for Hispaniola, except crinoids, with
some new records. Austin H. Clark (1939) listed 19 species of shallow-water
echinoderms (between 1 and 2 m depth) collected in two localities in the north of
Haiti (Cape Haitien and Tortue Island) during the Smithsonian-Hartford expedition of March 1937, aboard the RV Joseph Conrad.
New collections took place during the 1930s on five expeditions: ParishSmithsonian in 1930 to Haiti on the yacht Esperanza, Norcross-Bartlett in July 1931
to the southwest of Santo Domingo down to 200 m depth on the schooner Effie
Morrissey, Johnson–Smithsonian Deep-Sea in February 1933 on the Yacht Caroline
at depths from 26 to 40 m at twelve stations inside the Bay and around the Peninsula
of Samaná (Bartsch 1933), RV Stranger in February 1933 in Port-au-Prince and the
RV Atlantis in April 1939 dredging to 1,170 m deep at one station to the northeast of
Haiti (H.L. Clark 1941). These expeditions contributed new records for Hispaniola
including two deep-water asteroid species: Persephonaster patagiatus (Sladen,
1889) and Phormosoma placenta sigsbei (A. Agassiz, 1880). The expeditions of
1931 and 1933 collected the first specimens of crinoids: Poliometra prolixa (Sladen,
1881) and Nemaster rubiginosa (Pourtalés, 1869).
In the decade of 1960s two expeditions took place. The exploratory fishing
vessel Silver Bay in October 1963 made collections at six stations between 92 and
348 m deep in the north, northeast and east of the Dominican Republic. The
exploratory fishing vessel Oregon in June and May, 1965 and December 1969
collected between 11 and 59 m deep at four stations off the north Haitian coast and
the northeast Dominican coast. During this period, Parslow and Clark (1963)
summarized the zoogeographical distribution of shallow-water (less than 17 m
deep) ophiuroids known for the West Indies, including 11 species from Hispaniola,
updating the previous list of H.L. Clark (1919). Deichmann (1963) summarized
previous records of holothuroids for Haiti. Halpern (1969) mentioned the asteorid
Litonotaster intermedius (Perrier, 1884) found in the Windward Pass, between
Cuba and Hispaniola, at a depth between 1,958 and 3,294 m (Downey 1973).
From January to July 1970 and July 1971 the most prolific expeditions carried
out in Hispaniolan waters took place aboard the RV John Elliot Pillsbury.
Collections were made at seven stations in Haiti, between 31 and 2,545 m deep,
and 33 stations in Dominican Republic, between 9 and 3,109 m deep (Fig. 13.1)
(Staiger and Voss 1970). Meyer et al. (1978) included the RV John Elliot Pillsbury
collections in their zoogeographical study of western Atlantic Ocean crinoids,
offering the most complete summary of this group, with 19 species listed for
Dominican and Haitian waters. In her review of the Order Brisingida for
the Atlantic Ocean, Downey (1986) also incorporated Haitian specimens from the
Pillsbury expeditions. A.M. Clark (1987) described the type specimen of the
asteoridHenricia downeyae A.M. Clark, 1987 from a Haitian locality, registered in
the catalogue of types of the NMNH (Ahearn 1995). Two more records for Haiti
from this period were the holothuroid Psolus tuberculosus Théel, 1886 (Miller and
Pawson 1984) and the asteroid Ceramaster grenadensis grenadensis (Perrier,
1881) (Halpern 1970).
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