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Genus Anseropoda, Nardo. 



Anseropoda rosacea (Lamarck). 



(Fig. 5-6.) 



Asterias rosaceits, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert., ii., 1816, 

 p. 558, par. 3. 



Anseropoda rosacea, Fisher, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., 1906, 

 p. 1089. 



Evidently this is a more widely distributed species than 

 was supposed, since it is now known from Japan, the Indian 





Fig. 5.x40. 



Fig. 6.xl5. 



Ocean, the western coast of Australia, and the eastern coast 

 of Queensland. No doubt it will soon be reported from the 

 East Indies. The specimens in the " Endeavour " collection 

 have R = 85- 115 mm. ; two ha ve 1 5 and two have 1 6 rays. They 



