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BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



LIST OP DREDGING STATIONS AT WHICH STARFISHES WERE 

 SECURED, WITH THE SPECIES TAKEN AT EACH. 



Sta- 

 tion. 



5099 

 £104 

 6109 

 Mil 



5112 

 5113 

 5114 



5115 



5116 



6117 



6118 

 5121 



5122 

 5124 

 5123 



6126 



5134 

 5135 



5136 



6138 

 5140 

 6141 

 6144 

 5145 

 5146 



6147 

 5149 



5152 

 5163 



5156 



6157 



6158 



Locality. 



4.8 miles SW. Corregidor 



Light (14° 18' 55" N.; 



120° 31' 20" E.). 

 China Sea, ofl southern 



Luzon (14° 45' 48" N.; 



120° 12' 20" E.). 

 25.8 miles SW. Corregidor 



Light (14° 3' 45" N.; 120° 



16'30"E.). 

 Balayan Bay, Luzon (13° 



45' 15" N.; 120° 46' 30" E.). 



Balayan Bay, Luzon 



Verde Island Passage, N. 



coast Mindoro. 

 do 



Mouth of Balayan Bay, 

 Luzon. 



Balayan Bay, Luzon 



.do. 



East coast of Mindoro (vi- 

 cinity Malabrigo Light). 



.do- 



Off Ft. Origon, E. coast 



Mindoro. 

 do 



Sulu Sea, vicinity southern 



Panay (10° 48' N.; 121° 



48' 30" E.). 

 Vic. Basilan Island, Sulu 



Archipelago. 

 11.9 miles NE. of Jolo Light, 



Jolo (16° 11' 50" N.; 121° 



08' 20" E.). 

 Off Jolo Light , 



do 



do 



Off Jolo Light, Jolo 



do 



do 



Off Sulade Id., SW. of Jolo.. 



.do. 



Off Sirun Id., Tawi Tawi 

 Group. 



Off Pajumajan Id., Tawi 



Tawi Group. 

 Off Pt. Dos Amigos, Tawi 



Tawi (5° 18' 10" N.; 120° 



2' 55" E.). 

 Off Tinakta Id., Tawi Tawi 



Group (5° 12' 50" N.; 119° 



55'55"E.). 



-do. 



.do. 



Depth, 



Fath- 

 oms. 

 30 



236 



177 

 159 

 340 



340 



200 



118 



159 

 108 



220 

 281 

 283 



742 



25 

 161 



20 



19 

 76 

 29 

 19 

 23 

 24 



Nature of bottom. 



Gray mud, sand, 

 shells. 



Coral. 



Dark-green mud. 



....do 



Fine sand 



Dark-green mud . 



do 



Dark-green mud . 



Green mud 



Soft-green mud. 

 Green mud 



Soft-green mud 



Fine sand 



Fine coral sand. 



Sand, shells. 



Sand, coral 



Fine coral sand... 



Coral sand 



do 



Coral sand, shells. 

 do 



do 



Coral, shells. 



White sand 



Coral sand, shells. 



Fine sand, shells. 



Fine sand 



Coarse sand,shells. 



Bot- 

 tom 

 temp. 



52.4 



50.2 



49.5 



57.4 



Species taken. 



Astropecten velitaris. 

 Astropecten phragmoTus. 

 Othilia purpurea. 



Astropecten luionkus, Perse- 

 phonaster anchlstus, Cheiraster 

 inops. 



Astropecten luzonicus. 



Perissogonaster insignis. 



Persephonasler habrogenyt, 

 Niimphaster meseres. 



Dipsacaster imperialis, Nym- 

 phaster meseres. 



Persephonaster ancJiistua, Nym- 

 phaster mucronatus, Pontro- 

 ceramus grandis. 



Paragonaster c. hypacanthm, 

 Anthenoides cristalus. 



Perissogonaster insignis. 



Goniopecten asiaticus, Anthe- 

 noides cristalus, Anthenoides 

 rugulosus. 



Cheiraster gazellae, Anthenoides 

 rugulosus. 



Zoroaster c. philippinensis. 



Prionaster analogus, Persephon- 

 aster oediplai, Lithosoma 'peni- 

 chra, Zoroaster c. philippinen- 

 sis, BrisingeUa fragilis. 



Ctenodiscus orienlalis. 



Astropecten eucnemis. 

 Astroceramus sphaeriostictus. 



Oreaster alveolatus, Culcita 



novae-guineae. 

 Echinaster callosus. 

 Echinastcr stereosomus. 

 Oreaster alveolatus. 

 Retastcr cribrosus. 

 Culcita n. plana. 

 Oreaster alveolattts, Fromia eu- 



sticha, Anseropoda macro- 



pora. 

 Ophidiaster tuherifcr. 

 Oreaster alveolatus, Asterodiscus 



helonotus, Acanthaster brevi- 



spinus. 

 Rosaster nannus. 



Ophidiaster tuberifer. 



Astropecten phragmorus, As- 

 tropecten velitaris, Stellaster 

 incei. 



Astropecten phragmorus, Ne- 

 panthia maculata , Astropecten 

 velitaris, Luidia Umgipina, 

 Stellaster incei. 



Astropecter phragmorus, Othilia 

 purpurea, Astropecten veli- 

 taris, Lui iia prionota, Stellas- 

 ter incei. 



