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Astropeden JiempricMi is reported by Sladen from the Mergui Ai'cliipe- 

 lago. He tliinks that the Astropeden articulatus (?) of Michelin ['45, p. 24] 

 and Astropeden mauritiamts of Mobius ['80, p. 50] refer to the same species. 

 The following notes are then added [Sladen '89a p. 324] : 

 " Locality, Sir WiUiam James Island ; 7th. Dec. 1881. 

 " Bemai'ks. I feel little hesitation in referring a single example to tliis 

 species, which has recently been carefully described and figm-ed by de Loeiol 

 on the basis of material obtained from Mamitius. The type specimen, 

 presen-ed in the Berhn Museum, was collected by Hempeich and Eheenberg 

 in the Red Sea. The form appears to be closely allied to Astropeden 

 scoparius." 



Ives ['91, p. 211] simply mentions tliis species from Japan and gives 

 some figiu-es of it, Meissnee mentions it from Yokohama ['92, p. 188] : 

 " 10 Exempl.— Yokohama, 10. Vu. 84. (No. 3336.)" 



Astropecten hempricJdi is mentioned by Peeffee ['96, p. 47] who remarks 

 on its colour {ßde Zoological Record). 



Ludwig mentions it from Zanzibar ['99, p. 539] : " Astropeden hemp>ricJin 

 Müller und Teoschel, von Sansibar dm-ch Pfeffee (1896), aus der süd- 

 lich (c. 24° s. Br.) von Mozambique gelegenen Bai von Inhambane dm'ch 

 Petees (1852)." It was not represented in the collection examined by 

 Ludwig. 



DÖDEELEIN gives a very good description of this species [ : 02, p. 328] : 

 "Astropeden scojKirivs Müllee u. Teoschel. 

 " Syn. Astropeden japonicus (Müllee u. Teoschel), Sladen. 

 "Arme dm-chschnittHch etwas breiter und kürzer als bei Astrcypedcn 

 JcagosJiimensis. R:r=: 3-4.7. 



" Dorsomarginalplatten am Aussem-ande mit je einem sehr km-zen, 

 spitzen Stachelchen, das aber den 3(2)-10 ersten Randi^latten fehlt. 



" Yentromarginali^latten fein und km-z bestachelt ; dazwischen eine 

 Querreihe verlängerter Stacheln, dünn imd spitz; am Rand ein langer 

 Stachel, platt, spitz, öfter gebogen, darunter zwei halb so lang, in die die 

 übrigen allmählich übergehen. 



" Adambulacralplatten mit di'ei inneren sclilanken Furchenstacheln, zwei 



