JAPANESE ASTEROIDEA. 



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Of the genus Asterina the present species appears to be next 

 to Asterina pectinifera the commonest species on the coasts of the 

 Main Island. Tlie arms are not long, and the interradial angles 

 are rather deep and mostly rounded at the tip, tliough sometimes 

 sharply pointed. The body is perfectly flat on the actinal, but 

 prominently convex on the abactinal side, and presents a pentara- 

 diate, regularly stellate appearance in normal specimens. An in- 

 distinct radiating groove is mostly present in each interradius. 

 Measurements of twenty-three specimens gave the following results : 



" Farbe : oben mit bläulichem Grunde und rotbbraunen Stacheln, imten blau nach den 

 Zeichnungen von Lesueuk. 



" Grösse : 2^ Zoll. 



" Fundort : Eothes Meer und Indischer Ocean. Im Museum zu BerUn diurch Hempeich und 

 Ehkenbekg." 



