20 



Udbredelse. 



Arten er tidligere funden i Havdybet udenfor Stor- 

 eggen, 400 Fv. (G. O. Sårs). Desuden forekommer den 

 ved Kysterne af Spitsbergen (Malmgren) og Grønland 

 (Liitken) samt i Færøkanalen, 384 Fv. (Hoyle). Af disse 

 Lokaliteter ligger blot Stat. No. 370, Havdybet udenfor 

 Storeggen og muligens nogle af Findestederne ved Spits- 

 bergen indenfor den varme Area (cfr. Lyman), saaat 

 Ophiopus arcticus vel nærmest tnaa betragtes som en Koldt- 

 vandsform. Artens bathymetriske Udbredelse synes at ligge 

 mellem 109 og 649 Favnes Dyb, hyppigst forekommer den 

 paa 200 — 400 Fv.; ifølge Lyman skal den dog ogsaa være 

 funden overfor en Dybde af 30 Favne. 



1733. 

 1766. 



1776. 

 1780. 

 1T89. 



1817. 



1828. 



1828. 

 1829. 



1840. 



1841. 



1842. 



1848. 

 1858. 



1865. 



1890. 



1892. 



Ophiophoiis aculeata (Linné) Gray. 



Bellis scolopendrica , Linck . De Stell. Marin.. 



pag. 52. Tab. XL, fig. 71. 

 Asterias aculeata. Linné, Syst. Nat , ed. XII. 

 Tome I. part 2, pag 1101. 



O. F. Muller, Zool. Dan. Prodr., 

 pag. 235. 

 ophiura, Fabricius, Fauna Gronlandica, 



pag. 371. 

 aculeata, O. F. Muller, Zool. Danica, 

 vol. III pag. 29. Tab. XCIX. 

 Ophiura flemingii & ammothea, Leach, Zool. 

 Miscell., vol. II pag. 55 & 56. 

 Tab. LXXI X. 

 bellis, Fleming, Edin. New. Phil. Journ., 

 vol. VIII pag. 298. 

 id. British Animals, pag. 488. 

 Ophioeoma — Forbes, ^NI < in. Wern. Soc. Edinb.. 



vol. VIII pag. 126. 

 Ophiolepis (Ophiophoiis) scolopendrica. Miill. &Tr., 



Arch. f. Natnrgesch., pag. 328. 

 Ophioeoma bellis. Forbes, British Starfishes, pag. 53. 

 Ophiolepis (Ophiophoiis) scolopendrica, Miill. Oe Tr., 



Syst. der Aster, pag. 96. 

 Ophiophoiis aculeata. Gray, Kad. Animals British 

 Museum. 



Liitken, Addit. ad Hist. 

 Ophiurid, part I. pag. 60. Tab. II, 

 fig. 15 & 16. 

 bellis, Lyman. 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. I. No. 1. pag. 96. 

 Tab. I, fig. 4—6. 

 aculeata, Fjelstrup, Zoologia Danica, 

 Pighudedc. pag.28. Tab. III. fig. 4. 

 — Jeffrey Bell . Catalogue of 



British Echinoderms, pag. 125. 



Distribution. 



The species has been previously met with in the 

 ocean depth off Storeggen, 400 fath. (G. 0. Sårs). It 

 appears, besides, on the coasts of Spitzbergen (Malmgren) 

 and Greenland (Liitken). and in the Færo channel, 384 

 fath. (Hoyle). Of those localities only Stat. No. 370. the 

 ocean depth off Storeggen, and possibly a few of the 

 localities at Spitzbergen are situated within the warm 

 area (cmp. Lyman), so that Ophiopus arcticus must pres um- 

 ablv be chiefly considered as a cold water form. The 

 bathymetrical distribution of the species seems to lie between 

 109 and 649 fath. depth; it is most frequently met with 

 in 200 — 400 fath. According to Lyman it has also been 

 found at less depth than 30 fathoms. 



L733. 



1766. 

 1776. 

 1780. 

 1789. 



1817. 



1828. 



1828/ 

 1829. 



1 841 1. 



1841. 

 1 842. 



1848. 



1S.-)S. 



1865. 



1890. 



1892. 



Ophiophoiis aculeata (Linné) Gray. 



Bellis scolopendrica, Linck, De Stell. Marin. 



pag. 52. Pl. XL. fig. 71. 

 Asterias aculeata, Linné. Syst. Nat., ed. XII. 

 Tome I. part 2. pag. 1101. 



O. F. Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod., 

 pag. 235. 

 ophiura, Fabricius, Fauna Gronlandica, 



pag. 371. 

 aculeata, O. F. Muller, Zool. Danica.. 

 vol. III pag. 29. Pl. XCIX. 

 Ophiura flemingii & ammothea, Leach. Zool. 

 Miscell, vol. II pag. 55 & 56. 

 Pl. LXXIX. 

 bellis. Fleming. Edin. New. Phil. Journ.. 

 vol. VIII pag. 298. 

 id. British Animals, pag. 488. 

 Ophioeoma — Forbes, Mein. Wern. Soc. Edinb., 



vol. VIII pag. 126. 

 Ophiolepis (Ophiophoiis) scolopendrica; Miill. A- Tr.. 



Arch. f. Naturgesch., pag. 328. 

 Ophioeoma bellis. Forbes. British Starfishes, pag. 53. 

 Ophiolepis (Ophiophoiis)' scolopendrica, Mull. &Tr., 



Syst. der Aster. pag. 96. 

 Ophiophoiis aculeata. Gray, Rad. Animals British 

 Museum. 



Liitken. Addit. ad Hist, 

 Ophiurid.. part I. pag. 60. Pl. II. 

 figs. 15 & 16. 

 bellis. Lyman. 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. 

 Zool., vol. I. No. 1, pag. 96. 

 Pl. I. figs. 4—6. 

 aculeata. Fjelstrup. Zoologia Danica, 

 Pighudede, pag. 28. Pl. III. fig. 4. 

 Jeffrey Bell, Catalogue of 

 British Echinoderms. pag. 125. 



