352 



s. GOTO 



*' SpeciTnens examined. — Eigliteen specimens from the followiug stations 

 " Specimens of Hippasteria spinosa examined. 



Station. 



2872 

 2874 

 3059 

 30G0 

 3080 

 3445 

 3500 



3664 



4233 

 4243 



4292 



4295 



4552 



Locality. 



Off Cape Flattery, "Washington . . 



do 



OfiE Siletz Eay, Oregon 



Off Tillamook Rock, Oregon . . . . 



Off Heceta Eank, Oregon 



Straits of Fuca, Washington . . . . 



Sonth of St. George Island, Be- 

 ring Sea 



Near Santa Catalina Island, Cali 

 f ornia 



Depth. 



Fathoms. 



Near Yes Bay, Behm Canal, Alaska 



Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Is- 

 land, Alaska 



Shelikof Strait, near Kadifik Is- 

 land, Alaska 



Shelilvof Strait. 



Olï Point Pinos, Monterey Bay, 

 Californiix , 



38 



27 

 77 

 28 

 93 

 100 



121 



80 

 39-45 



42-47 



6G 

 92 



73-66 



Nature of bottom. 



gray sand 



rocks and shells 



mud 



broM'n mud .... 

 green mud .... 

 rocky 



fine gray sand 



do 



soft gray mr.d . . 



green mnd .... 



No. 



gray mud 



soft gray mud . . 



green mud, rocks 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



4 

 1 



1 



1 



2 



2 



1 

 1 



Collection. 



U. S. Nat. Mus, 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 

 do. 



do. 



do. 

 Albatross; 1903. 



do. 



do. 

 do. 



1 Albatross, 1904, 



A subspecies of tliis form lias been reported bj- Fishee from tlie Kurils, 

 and described as follows [ : 11, p. 226, 2 figs.] : 



" Hippasteria spinosa hurilensis, new subspecies. 



" Diagnosis. — Similar to //. spinosa, but with shorter rays, and relative- 

 ly larger pedicellariaî ; abactinal granules tj-pically pointed ; margin massive, 

 spinous ; small x)ilicer-shaped marginal pedicellarifc ; adambulacral plates 

 with two unequal compressed f mTow spines or only one ; one prominent 

 subambulacral spine shorter than the longer furrow s^Dine. Il=:55mm. ; 

 r=32 mm. ; R = 1.7 r. 



" Description. — Abactinal surface spin}-, the prominent spines being 

 more conical and i^ointed than in typical sptinosa, where the spines are 

 usually subcylindrical with a blunt or tnmcate tip. Granules in a single 



