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(e) Species taken only in the basin of the Sulu Sea and adjacent 

 Mindanao Sea; those marked with a star are from the Sulu Basin 

 only: 



1. From less than 100 fathoms: 



Astropecten v ap p a Fromia eusticha* 



inaequalis* Fromia hemiopla* 



Rosaster nannus* Nardoa tumulosa.* 



Iconaster jferierctus* Leiaster analogus.* 



Asterodiscua helono- Anseropoda macropora.* 



tus*^ AcantJiaster hrevispinus* 

 Halityle regularis* 



2. From 100 to 200 fathoms : 



Astroceramus sphaeriostictus.* 



3. From 200 to 300 fathoms : 



Prionaster analogus. 



4. From 300 to 500 fathoms: 



Benthogenia crihel- Astropecten pedicellaris.* 



lona. Nymphaster hahrotatus, 

 6. From 500 to 700 fathoms : 



Persephonaster su- Lophaster suluensis* 



luensis* Nymphaster hahrotatus (to 736 

 Sphaeriodiscus scoto- fathoms). 

 cryptus* 

 6. From 900 to 1,100 fathoms : 



Nymphaster atopus* Hymenaster hartschi (1105). 



(/) Species found in the Sulu and Mindanao Seas which were taken 

 also outside these basins, as follows : 



a'. In the China Sea off Luzon, or in tributary bays: 

 Astropecten phragmorus (14 to 44 fathoms). 

 Persephonaster euryactis hrevispinus (172-258 fathoms). 

 Persephonaster hahrogenys (305-340 fathoms; Sibuko 



Bay, Borneo). 

 Perissogonaster insignis (159-254 fathoms). 

 Anthenoides cristatus (102-279 fathoms). 

 Zoroaster carinatus philippinensis (96-604 fathoms). 



h\ In interisland waters, central part of archipelago: 

 1. In less than 100 fathoms: 



Astropecten phragmorus^ Astropecten mindanensis 

 (4 to 42 feet), Luidia longispina, Luidia prionota, 

 Zoroaster c. philippinensis. 



