The following species are shallow water or littoral 



5. filogranus. 

 S. bellus. 



S. sanguincus. 

 S. stcllulatus. 



S. eximius* 



The following have a wider range : 



S. fiabelliformis o — 150 fms. 

 51 gracilis o — 520 „ 



5". punctatus 9 — 315 „ 



S. erubescens 

 S. roseus 



S. complanatus 100 — 458 



120 — 520 fms. 

 0—340 „ 



Those that have been found only at one depth are : 



S. obliquus 90 fms. S. densicaulis 600 fms. 



S. virginis 200 — 300 „ 5. laevis 90 — 650 „ 



530 „ and great depths. 5. (Stenohelia) profunda 450 — 600 „ 



597 . 



S. gemmascens 



S. verrucosus 



The depths from which the other species were obtained is not recorded. 



The different species of Stylaster found by the Siboga, occured at the following depths. 



5. eximius o — 118 M. S. bilobattis 204 — 520 M. 



5". bellus 469 — 1089 „ S. multiplex 450 — 1633 „ 



S. densicaulis 469 — 1633 „ S. min in nis 1089 „ 



S. gemmascens 564 „ S. tiliatus 275 „ 



S. amphiheloides 469 — 1633 „ S. umbonatus 1901 „ 

 5". virginis 469 „ 



Geographically the species have been found in: 



Pacific Ocean waters. 

 5. fiabelliformis. 

 S. p-raeilis. 

 S. bellus. 

 S. laevis. 

 S. verrucosus. 

 S. stcllulatus. 

 S. pulcher. 



S. amphiheloides. 



S. aspcr. 



S. eximius, S. sanguineus, S. erubescens have been found in both Pacific and Atlantic waters. 

 S. rosso-americanus Brandt, has not been described or fisaired. 



Atlantic Ocean. 



5'. roseus. 



S. densicaulis. 



S. complanatus. 



S. virginis. 



S. madcirensis. 



S. profundus. 



S. gemmascens. 



•) A specimen was placed hy Moseley in this species, which came from 400 fms. This is the only exception to the species 

 being restricted to shallow water. 



