PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUiM 



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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol. 89 



Washington : 1940 



No. 3098 



ECHINODERMS FEOM GREENLAND COLLECTED BY 

 CAPT. ROBERT A. BARTLETT 



By Austin H, Clark 



For some years past Capt, Eol)eit A. Baillett on his annual cruise 

 to the waters about Greenland has paid especial attention to the 

 echinoderms, bringing back extensive and valuable collections. A 

 report upon the collections received prior to 1936 has already been 

 published (Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 26, pp. 294-296, figs. 

 1-4, July 15, 1936). The present report covers the material received 

 since that date — 909 specimens representing 18 species. 



Most remark:d)ie and unexpected of the species represented is a 

 new LeptasterJas belonging to the subgeuj.is Hexasterias^ which, ex- 

 cept for the large L. polaris^ was heretofore known only from the 

 north Pacific. Almost equally noteworthy are 5 specimens of the 

 little-known Crossasfer squamatus from both eastern and north- 

 western Greenland. 



The 18 species in the present collection are the following: 



Ophiacantha bidentafa. 

 Aniphiura sutidevalU. 

 OphiophoUs anileatcb. 

 Ophinra sarsii. 

 Ophiura robusta. 

 Ophiocten sericeum. 

 Pteraster mUitaris. 

 Hevricia sangumol<'vta. 

 Crossaster squamatus. 



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Lepfasterias bartletti, new species. 

 Leptasfei'ias grocnlamdica. 

 Lepfasterias sp. 

 Stcphanasterias albula. 

 Poliometra prolixa. 

 Heliometra glaciaJis. 

 Strongyloeeii trotus drobachiensis. 

 Cucumaria frondosa. 

 Myriotrochus rinkii. 



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