ASTEBOIDEA OP NORTH PACIFIC AND ADJACENT WATKKS — FISHEK. 5 



Subfamily GONIASXKKIN^E. 

 SublUiiiily IIIPI'A.STii:KIIN-..E. 

 Subfamily LKPTOGONA.STERIJsT^B. 

 Subfamily CHITON A.S'rERl?C,-K. 

 Subfainily ^NT'HENKlN.-ffl:. 



Family OREASTERID^. 

 Family LINCKIID^. 

 Family ASTEROPID^. 



Order SPINULOSA. 

 Family GANERIID^. 

 Family ASTERINID.E. 



Subfam.ily A.STB3RlNnNrJK. 

 Subfainily AJNSEROPOlDIlSr^!:. 

 Subfainily TRKM A.STKRIN.S:. 



Family ECHINASTERID^. 

 Family ACANTIIASTERID.E. 

 Family MITHRODIID^. 

 Family VALVASTERID.E. 

 Family CRYASTERID.E. 

 Family SOLASTERID^. 

 Family KORETHRASTERID^. 

 Family MYXASTERID.E. 



Subfamily PYTHON A-STERIN^E. 

 Subfamily 3VIYXA.STER1N.E. 



Family PTERASTERID^. 

 HISTORY OF SYSTEMATIC WORK ON NORTH PACIFIC ASTEROIDEA. 



As comparetl with the North Atlantic, httle work has been done on the Aste- 

 roidea of the region under consideration, notwithstanding that the west coast of North 

 America is more prolific in species and individuals than any other portion of the 

 world. The httoral fauna is especially well developed, and the family Asteriidffi 

 contams a surprisingly large number of forms. The following sketch is intendetl to 

 serve merely as an liistorical outUne and not as a complete summary of every paper 

 pubhshed. The full titles are given under the Bibliography. 



The earhest as well as one of the most important papers was the Prodromus of 

 Brandt which appeared in 1S35 and contained short Latin diagnoses of starfishes 

 collected by IT. Mertens in the vicinity of Sitka, Bering Strait, and Kamchatka. 

 The new forms named by Brandt are: 



Asierias mi n lata. 

 Asterias ochracea. 

 Asterias janihina. 

 Asterias eplchlora. 

 Asterias camchatica. 



Asterias pectinate. 



Asterias Iielianthoides. 



Asterias ajinis. 



Asterias albm^errucosa. 



Asterias endeca, var. decemradiata. 



In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, volume 6, November, 1S40, 

 J. E. Gray described Asterias Tcathcrinx from the mouth of the Columbia River. 



