160 s. goto: 



" Diese -wolilbekannte, im wärmeren ludo-Pacific überall vorkommende Art 

 fand icli niclit selten in der Tokio-Bai, Sagamibai, bei Tagawa imd bei 

 Kagosliima in geringerer Tiefe (ca. 20 m). Die vorliegenden Exemplare 

 zeigen einen gi'ossen Radius von 30-36 mm." 



Tliis species is mentioned by Bell [ : 03, p. 244] from " Zanzibar, 3-5 

 fath.," and by Hutton [:04, p. 291] from New Zealand. 



Tlie Herdälvxö mention it from the Gulf of Manaar [Hekdman, Herd- 

 man and Bell, : 04, j). 143] : 



" Astropeden polyacanihtis, M. and T. 



" Station XXYIU., Trincomalee, 7 to 14 fathoms ; Station XXXVIU., 

 off Galle, 9 to 22 fathoms ; Station LX., outside Muttuvaratu Paar, 20 to 30 

 fathoms ; Station XLHI., west of Kaltura, 22 fathoms ; and Station LXIII., 

 west of Periya Paar, 36 fathoms." 



Ludwig refers to tliis species as follows [ : 05, p. 76] : 



"Ein Exemplar (11=49 mm.) von Suwa (Viti Levu, Fidsclii-Inselu), am 

 13. December 1899 an der Küste aufgelesen. 



" Die weit verbreitete und variabele Art is von den Fidsclii-Inseln bereits 

 bekannt." 



FiSHER gives a detailed description of tliis species [ : 06a, p. 1004] : 



"Rays 5. 11=47 mm.; r= 10.5 mm. R=4.3r. Breadth of ray at base, 

 12 mm. 



"Arms rigid, very gently tapering to a bluntly pointed extremity. 

 Sides of arms rather liigh, x^eiT^iicUcular. Disk of medium size. Paxillar 

 sm'face somewhat inflated. Interbrachial arcs acute but roimded. 



" Abactinal paxillar area is rather compact, the joaxillas being large and 

 arranged in definite transverse rows, there being about 3 series to each 

 superomarginal plate. PaxiUiu are largest in the inteiTadial areas, midway 

 between centre and margin of disk, and also along median Hne of ray. Each 

 paxiUa consists of one or two central papilliform gi-amdes, smTOunded by a 

 i-adiating series of from 5 to 8 sHghtly longer ones, the whole crowning a 

 rather long pedicel. On disk the largest paxillsu have upward to 5 central 

 granules of unequal size, suiTounded by 10-12 longer marginal ones, and 

 occasionally one of the central gi-anules is enlarged into a cyhndiical pointed 



