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E. Table of Principal Genera of Asteriinse with Regular Longitu- 



dinal Rows of Dorsal Plates 49 



F. Subdivisions of Asteriinse with Reticulated Dorsal Skeletons. . 50 



G. Analytical Table of the Generic and Subgeneric Groups of 



Northern Asteriinse having Reticulated Dorsal Skeletons 54 



H. Asteriidse of the Northwestern Coast of America 55 



I. Analytical Table of Genera, Subgenera, Species, and Subspecies 



of Asteriidae from the Northwest Coast of America 56 



Asteriinse : Descriptions of Genera and Species 67 



Subfamily Pycnopodiinae 19? 



Descriptions of Pycnopodiinse IQ7 



Descriptions of Pedicellasteridae 202 



Order Spinulosa 203 



Morphology 203 



Classification 204 



Suborders Avelata and Velata 204 



Families of Spinulosa 204 



Descriptions of Families, Genera, and Species 205 



Order Phanerozona 280 



Morphology 280 



Classification 282 



List of Families 282 



Suborder Valvulosa or Valvata 284 



Descriptions of Families, Genera, and Species 285 



Suborder Paxillosa 3*3 



Descriptions of Families, Genera, and Species 314 



Species erroneously attributed to the Fauna 337 



Geographical Distribution 337 



I. The Beringian Fauna 338 



II. The Columbia-Alaskan Fauna 34 



III. The Californian Fauna 343 



IV. The South Californian Fauna 345 



V. Some Comparisons with Other Faunae 347 



VI. Relations of the Columbia-Alaskan and Californian Faunae 348 



VII. Relations of the South Californian Fauna 349 



VIII. Patagonian, Fuegian and Antarctic Shallow-water Starfishes 



contrasted with Those of the North Pacific Coast 351 



IX. List of Patagonian and Fuegian Starfishes Found in 50 to 500 



Fathoms ; mostly Related to Northern or Arctic Species 367 



X. Lists of Extralimital Species Partially Described, Revised, or 



Figured 37 



1. North Atlantic and Arctic Species 370 



2. Patagonian, Fuegian, Antarctic, and South Atlantic Species 371 



3. Species from the Panamic Fauna 372 



4. Indo-Pacific, Australian, and Japanese Species 373 



XL List of New Genera Established 374 



Bibliography 374 



Index 389 



