CLARK: THE STARFISHES OF THE GENUS HELIASTER. 35 



1894. Perrier, Edmond. 



Echinodermes : in Exp. Sci. du Travailleur et du Talisman, etc. 

 431 pp., 26 plates. Paris. 



On p. 4 and 27 are unimportant references to the Heliasteridae ; on 

 p. 22 Heliaster is said to have " quarante bras et plus," but it is fair to as- 

 sume that " jusqu'a" is to be understood; on p. 43 Heliasteridae is again 

 referred to and listed as the third family of Forcipulata. 



1895. Sluiter, C. Ph. 



Die Asteriden-Sammlung des Museums zu Amsterdam. Bijdr. Dierk., 

 17, p. 49-64. Amsterdam. . 



On p. 64 the family Heliasteridae is recognized and II. helianthus is 

 listed from Chili. 



1895. Leipoldt, Fritz. 



Asteroidea der " Vettor-Pisani " Expedition (1882-1885). Zeit. f. 

 w. Zool., 59, p. 545-654, plates 31-32. Leipzig 



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On p. 546-552 are very useful accounts of the distribution and the 

 pedicellariae of H. helianthus, cumingii, multiradiatus, and microbrachius.. 

 Good figures of the jaws of the pedicellariae are given on plate 31, figs. 

 1 and 2. The peculiar coloration of specimens of multiradiatus from the 

 Galapagos Islands is well described. Perrier's record of that species 

 from the " lies Sandwich " is very properly regarded with doubt. 



1896. Plate, Ludwig H. 



Zur Keimtnis der Insel Juan Fernandez. Verh. Gesellsch. Erdk. 

 Berlin, nos. 4 und 5, p. 221-229. Berlin. 



On p. 224 //. helianthus is reported as one of the five starfishes occurring 

 at Juan Fernandez ; some further notes are given concerning its occurrence 

 on the South American coast. 



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1896. Meissner, Maximillian. 



Die von Herrn Dr. L. Plate aus Chili und Feuerland heimgebrachten 

 See-Sterne. Arch. f. Naturg. Jahrgang 62, 1, p. 91-108. Berlin. 



On p. 102 //. helianthus is reported from Chili as the common starfish 

 of the coast rocks. Two young ones with 12 and 22 rays each are recorded, 

 but, strangely enough, nothing is said as to the size of either. The writer 

 remarks on its being unfortunate that Dr. Plate failed to bring home any 

 specimens of Heliaster from Juan Fernandez, since he reports (1896) H. 

 helianthus as being common there, while the specimens upon which Perrier 

 based his species canopus (1875) came from that island, and Dr. Plate, 

 by bringing home a series of spec'mens, might have settled the question 

 as to the authenticity of that species. 



