2SO DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Diplasterias bra?idti Meissner, 1904, p. 7.— Koehler, 1908, p. 572, pi. 5, figs. 50, 51 ; 1912, p. 19, pi. i, 



figs. 3, 5, 6.— Fisher, 1930, p. 230. 

 Podasterias brandti Koehler, 1917, p. 26, pi. 4, figs. 16, 17; pi. 5, figs. 11, 13, 14; 1920, pp. 41, 51, 



pi. 13, fig. 11; pi. 16, figs. 5, 6; 1923, p. 27, pi. 2, figs. 2, 3.— Grieg, 1929, p. 7. 

 Podasterias brandti var. glomerata Koehler, 1923, p. 29, pi. 2, fig. 4. 



St. 51. Ofl:" Eddystone Rock, East Falkland Island, 105-115 m., fine sand, i young. 



St. 55. Entrance to Port Stanley, East Falkland Island, 10-16 m., 2 specimens. 



St. 1873. Ofl" Clarence Island, 61° 20-S' S, 54° 04-2' W, 200-137 m., 2 specimens. 



St. WS 73. Falkland Islands, 51° 01' S, 58° 54' W, 121 m., fine dark sand, i young. 



St. WS 80. Falkland Islands, 50° 57' S, 63° 37' 30" W, 152-156 m., fine dark sand, i specimen. 



St. WS81. 8 miles north 11° W of North Island, West Falkland Island, 81-82 m., sand, 15 

 specimens. 



St. WS 84. 7i miles south, 9° W of Sea Lion Island, East Falkland Island, 75-74 m., coarse sand, 

 shells, stones, 5 specimens, i carrying young (24 March 1927). 



St. WS 85. Falkland Islands, 52° 09' S, 58° 14' W, 79 m., sand and shells, 2 specimens. 



St. WS 91. Tierra del Fuego, 52° 53' 45" S, 64° 37' 30" W, 191-205 m., fine dark sand and shell, 

 14 specimens. 



St. WS 92. 51° 58' 30" S, 65° 01' W, 145-143 m., 2 specimens. 



St. WS 98. Falkland Islands, 49° 54' 15" S, 60° 35' 30" W, 171-173 "i., 9 specimens. 



St. WS 99. Falkland Islands, 49° 42' S, 59° 14' 30" W, 251-225 m., fine dark sand, 6 specimens. 



St. WS 109. Falkland Islands, 50° 18' 48" S, 58° 28' 30" W, 145 m., fine dark sand, i specimen. 



St. WS 210. Falkland Islands, 50"' 17' S, 60° 06' W, 161 m., green sand, 2 specimens. 



St. WS 211. Same as 210, 174 m., 4 specimens. 



St. WS 230. Falkland Islands, 50° 10' S, 58° 42' W, 210-271 m., i specimen. 



St. WS 233. Falkland Islands, 49° 25' S, 59° 45' W, 185-175 m., fine green sand, 5 specimens. 



St. WS 243. North-east of Falkland Islands, 51° 06' S, 64° 30' W, 1 44-1 41 m., coarse dark sand, 

 I specimen. 



St. WS 755. Falkland Islands, 51° 39' S, 57° 39' W, 75 m., 2 specimens. 



St. WS 782A. North Falkland Island, 50° 29^' S, 58° 23!' W, 141 m., i specimen. 



St. WS 815. Between Falkland Islands and Strait of Magellan entrance, 51° 5if' S, 65° 44' W, 

 132-162 m., I specimen. 



St. WS 816. Same, 52° 09I' S, 64° 56' W, 150-160 m., 2 specimens. 



St. WS 817. Same, 52° 23' S, 64° 19' W, 191-202 m., 3 specimens. 



St. WS 823. Falkland Islands, 52° 14^' S, 60° 01' W, 80-95 i"-' i specimen. 



St. WS 825. Falkland Islands, 50° 50' S, 57° 15^' W, i35-i44,m., 2 specimens. 



St. WS 836. South-east of eastern entrance to Strait of Magellan, 53° 05 1' S, 67° 38' W, 64 m. 

 I specimen. 



St. WS 867. 51° 10' S, 64° 15' 30" W, 150-147 m., I specimen. 



St. WS 869. 52° 15' 30" S, 64° 13' 45" W, 187 m., I specimen. 



It has been customary to include in the synonymy of this species Asterias alba Bell 

 and A. obtiisispinosa Bell (1891, pp. 92, 93). Many years ago I examined at the British 

 Museum (Natural History) the type specimens. My notes state that the superomarginals 

 are high on the side of the ray ; that there are two series of actinal spines ; that the gonads 

 appear to open dorsally in obtiisispinosa. I have not observed more than one series of 

 actinal spines in brandti. Possibly alba and obtiisispinosa belong in Cosmasterias. 



This species is very variable and in the southern part of the range there is a chance of 

 confusing young specimens with those of D. briicei. The most obvious variation in 

 Falkland specimens is in the number of crossed pedicellariae and the thickness of the 



