A Catalog of Zoological Specimens Collected from Tuvalu (Ellice Islands) by Sixten Bock, 1917

Abstract

Collections of Hydrozoa, Turbellaria, Pol ychaeta, Isopoda, Amphipoda, Decapoda, Stomatopoda, Polyplacophora, Prosobranchia, Opistho branchia, Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, and Holothuroidea were made from Nanumanga, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukulaelae, Nukufetau, Niutao, and Nanumea in September 1917 by Sixten Bock. Apart from the Cypraeacea, these are currently held in Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. While some descriptions of these specimens have been published, new names are given here for some gener a and species, as identified in the museum catalogs, and should be treated as nomina nuda until formally published.