ISTBROEDEA OF south PACIFIC VM> ADJACENT WATEItf HsHKK 



in? 



Tin gonads open ventrallj The ovaries are nearly globular and an mnt u r»* 

 in mi example with K 26 nun . and in another with K only i"> to 17 mm (Agattu, 

 .hint' \ l'.tOO). 



Tur, Cat No E I 197, U.S.N.M 



Type locality. Humboldt Bay, Sbumagin Islands 



/' ttribvtion. From the Shumagin [alanda t<> Attn and Agattu (a( end of Aleu- 

 tian ohain I. 



Specimens examined Twenty-four. 



Speciim m oj 



l->.:illU 



l T nr». Shumak*: 



Ilumi ..lit Bay, Bbomadii Uktaii , 



in « • > 

 Naian Bay. Atka bland, Aleutian Island* 



.■ I 

 Adakh Island, Aleutians. 

 Attn Island, Aleutians . 

 Afattu Island, Aleutians 







rocks 



Num. 





U..M II Hall. 

 i - s \| 



' llanna; D 

 \1 . w II Kail. IS73. 

 \l 

 Do. 

 Albatross, June 10-11, IMS. 

 Alhatross, June K. 1W«. 



Remarks— 1. leptodoma \- aotable for the pulpy, welted integument, very in 

 lar, almost papery, abactinal akeleton, and few abactinal Bpinelete and pedicellariae. 

 It ma] !"• distinguished from other small 6-rayed species bj the three regular lateral 

 longiaeries >>f marginal and actina] Bpinelete and by the very few small abactinal 

 spinelets 



The well-developed actina] plates differentiate the species from any of the forms 

 of alaiikensit; while the absence of any carina] differentiation prevents confusion with 

 the various forms of hexactie, notably forma <;•./.< ra which lias ratln-r heavy pulpy skin. 



LBPTA8T1BIAS HKXAl n- M,m^,n 



Plato 44; Plato ».i. Figure 2; Plate 60, Figure 7: Plate 61; Plate 62; Plafc 64, i . 



Aiteriat hrzaciis BrnmoN, Proc, Boston B Hist., \.>l s. 1862, p 27 nu. a 



Trans Conn lead Bci., TOL I, 1867, |>. - London, lssi. 



p. 495. 

 Leptasteria* hexaeli- Veiihii.i,. part. Bhallow-water Starfishes, 1914, p. 1! 1 - 



(type). 

 Leptasteria* tpichlora alatkmtit \ar Vbbjull, Bhallow-watcr S 1914, p. 



Ki7. pi lti. tig- 3, I Yakut.it Hnv 

 .■'asteria* tpichlnm miliaria vnr. rrgulnru Yehkii.i.. Shallow-water SI 



189 Cape Pox, M i 

 LtpUuUriaa tpichlora plena Ykhhii.i.. SbaUow-watei Stai 114, p 11" 



(Comox 01 9 British < lumbia). 



I.rptasterias epichlora var .mi. I.. Shallow 



Lip t a il ti i ai tpieUora fm illow-watei - 114, p 142 I 



/'i'.': \ -mull B-rayed, polymorphic species, allied t" eamJscAafiea, tun 



slender to robust rays, ■ well developed actina! aeries of plates, irregulai dorsal spinu- 

 lation, one to flvt ding t" forma) Buperomarginal Bpinelete, and usually well 



