1 1 



anterior rays onlj about half th< I others, with 4 and 5 arms; there are three IHBr 



ill internali the arms are robust; the other with 21 arms has the arms distributed on 

 the various ra; follows: 2, 5 (4+ 1); j one "f the IIBr 



. the other three bein . all the [IIBr serii only 



a single firriis is present, the centrodorsal approaching tin- condition of a sunken stellate plate; 

 pne with :: arms 130 mm. long has one IBr series bearing two undivided arms, and three 

 others with one divided and one undivided derivative; there are four internally developed 

 [IIBr series, and two IIIBi m a single IIBr sc n ,-s; tin- only external [IIBr series is 2 



instead the otl . the other with 22 arms has the two posterior ra_\s and 



their derivativi than hall' the size of the others; there are three [IIBr series, all internal, 



and all . tin- specimen with 23 arms has the right anterior arm very small, and 



tlu- anterior arm of about the same si/c ; tin- left anterior arm is slightly larger, and the 



normal; all tlu- small rays have four arms each, tin- right anterior and 

 the anterior with two IIBr 2 series, and the left anterior with two IIBr 4 (3 + 4) -series; the 

 [IIBr series are internal: the example with iS arms has four of the IIBr series 2. and four 

 ; ; : . that with 17 arms has one ray with only IBr series, and on another ray an undi- 

 vided arm springing from a [Br axillary; one of the specimens with 13 arms has on one ray 

 two llllr 2 series one of whieh bears externally a IIIBr 3 (2 + 3) series; the other has one 

 illl'.r series; one of those with 14 arms has three IIIBr series, two on a single IIBr series, 

 the other externally developed; «me of the 12 armed individuals has one of the IIBr series 2, 

 the other 4 t 3 . one of the 10 armed examples is of mature size. 



The specimen from Stat. ; : : is large, with [6 arms 125 mm. long; the cirri are 

 rather small and slender, XVI, 21, 15 mm. to 17 mm. long. 



Extraordinary variability appears to be characteristic of this form ; the arms vary from 

 10 to 30 in number; the cirri are usually very slender with the distal segments longer than 

 1 and bearing single dorsal spines, but they may be stouter with the distal segments not 

 longer than broad, in which case thej bear two dorsal spines, a distal and a proximal. 



5. Capillastcr multiradiata (Linné). 



Gazophylacium, [716, pi. 4, li;^. o sttlla Ckineiisis perlegens). 

 LlNCK. De Stellis Marinis, 1733, p. ;; [TptmxileKxxvefios). 



[ULZE. Betrachtung der versteinerten Seesterne, 1760, p. 17 decacnentos). 



I.i.nm. Syst. Nat., ed. to, 1758, vol. 2, p. ctinata, reference to Petiverj 



m multiradiata, type specimen at Iamd, upon which the description is based, but 

 f the refcrences cited). 

 A. J. Ri K. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. Handl., vol. 4, Ai 1 7 - ;. p. 24 1 Asterias muliiradi 



Latham and Davis. Faunuia Indi multiradiata 



A. I. R tatio sistens species cognitas asteriarum, 1S05, p. tferias multi- 



lli-t. nat. des animaux sans vertèbres, vul. 2, [816, p. ; ; } [Comatula fimbri 

 j. M . ' .handl. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wi . \sterias multiradt 



1. M Abhandl. d. k. pn iss. Akad. d. Wiss., [847 Comatula [AUcto] 



fin \ multir 



