STARFISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS. 5 



Archaster typicus, east of Zamboanga, 250 fathoms; off Zambo- 

 anga, 10 fathoms; off Cebu, reefs. 



iStellaster incei, off east point of Panay, 18 fathoms. 



Asterodiscus elegans, off Zamboanga, 10 fathoms. 



Pentaceros turritus=Oreaster nodosus (Linnaeus), off Zambo- 

 anga, 10 fathoms; off Cebu, reefs; off Malanipa Island, 10 fathoms. 



Pentaceropsis ohtusata^ off Cebu, reefs. 



Culcita novae-guineae, off Cebu, reefs; off Malanipa Island, 10 

 fathoms. 



Choriaster granulatus^ off Zamboanga, 10 fathoms. 



Nardoa tuberculata, off Zamboanga, 10 fathoms; off Cebu, reefs. 



Linckia miliaris^L. laevigata, off Cebu, reefs. 



Asterina cepheus, off Zamboanga, 10 fathoms. 



Acanthaster echinites=A. planci, off Cebu, reefs. 



In the article, already mentioned, on the Echinoderms of Maccles- 

 field Bank, Professor Bell (1894) lists the following starfishes, those 

 marked with an asterisk being new : 



Fathoms. Fathoms. 



Archaster typicus 23-50 *Chaetaster moorei 36-40 



*Archaster tenuis 35-41 Asterina cepheus 17-30 



Astropecten polyacanthus 30-41 Fromia milleporella 22-40 



Luidiat aspcra (young) 20-35 Leiasterf leachi (young) 41-44 



Luidia forflcifer 30-40 Leiasterf speciosus (young) __ 30-46 



Luidia hardwickii 31-37 Nardoa tuherctilata 30-46 



Luidia longispina 30-45 Rhipidasterf vannipes 32 



Luidia maculitta (young) 3(^-41 Mithrodia clavigera 41^14 



Goniodiscus rugosus (young) 45 Echinaster purpureus 29-40 



^Culcita (young), new species 40-50 Asterias volsellata 32 



*Patiria hriareus 30-45 



DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIES. 



I. DiSTBIBITTION OF PHILIPPINE SPECIES. 



Of the 149 species found in the Philippine Archipelago, 90 were 

 not met with outside the group. The remaining 59 species range 

 outside the islands and included seas and are analyzed in the fol- 

 lowing lists aio h: 



(a) Species common to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Philippines, 

 Eastern Archipelago, and parts of the central and western Pacific: 



Astropecten polyacanthus. Asterina cepheus. 



Fromia milleporella. Othilia purpurea. 



Linckia laevigata. Acanthaster planci. 

 Linckia multifora. 



(h) Species common to the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Philip- 

 pines, but not ranging into the Pacific : 



Astropecten monacanthus. Luidia savignyi. 



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