Vol. 30, pp. 7-8 January 22, 1917 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



A NEW STARFISH FROM THE MAGELLANIC REGION. 



BY AUSTIN H. CLARK.* 



The new starfish described below was dredged by the "Alba- 

 tross " on her voyage from the Atlantic into the Pacific. It 

 represents a type hitherto not known from the Magellanic por- 

 tion of the subantarctic belt. 



Family ODONTASTERID.E Verrill. 

 Odontaster propinquus new species. 



Five arms; R=29mm.; r=14 mm. ; R:r==2.1:l; superomarginals 17. 



This form agrees most minutely with 0. elongatus (Sladen) from 

 Kerguelen, Marion and Heard Islands, excepting in having much shorter 

 arms and no pseudopedicellarue. It will probably prove to be a Magel- 

 lanic variety of that species. 



Type.— Cat. No. 36,976, U. S. N. M., from "Albatross" Station 2771, 

 off southeastern South America, in 50)4 fathoms. 



Published with the permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 3— Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. 30, 1917. (7) 



