kSTEROnUEJI "1 NOBTB PACIFIC IND IDJACBN1 WA 



IS I I III IS Mi loltl w h._ hl.t 



l 10; pi 6, Bga I ' 



m latitude 64 to ndfroml 



Tin I- possibly b 1 1 lie 



Genu NBO8MILA8TBB, on 



Resembling Dipl in having diplacanthid adambulacral | 



nn<: which open ventrally, Ion differing in havii iccllariae 



the spinelets rather than in circlets on the ciri umspinal ^1 n* ji « 1 1— ; in 

 lacking a definite, well-marked Beries of enlarged superomargu 

 the inferomarginal spines in oblique, trans mbs of tb in 5 



>ut \\iili a few attached pedicellariae ; <>in- series of actinal 

 adambulacrals; an intermarginal • ■ of prominenl lanceolate pedicellariae; 

 abactinal skeleton an irregular, close, or medium open net, the Bmall spini with 



interepersed papulae, either close-sel or spaced, according to the ; 

 of skeleton; Buperomarginal Bp limilar to abactinal. I 



Stud( • 

 The species "f ihi~ group resemble Smilasterias, but <!ilFrr in having ventrally 

 opening gonads. 



I. NK08MH »s I I ii ..' ORG1 V s -' 



■ .i' .i Studer, D - - , Jahrb. wias \ ■■ Ban 



• • ■ p ISO 



•wteria* p. P 7 



■ i» genrginnn KOBBXJM, 1917, p 26; 1920, |>. II. 



rrgiana KoBBl i 10, pi. •'(. tij:- J 



1 have examined al the British Museum one of the original types purchased 

 fr<>n) the Iltimlii, ' ini rloehler has published ood photographs. In 



my opinion georgianut is aol closely related i<> Lepta U ih which VerrilTs 



aonymous), although there is undoubtedly 

 whii li exists also between some species of ! 



Tin has been tal • t £ G< . low tide to ~~> i 



. Bank, between Falkland Islands and South Georgia, 



I nio-.mii kSTEBSTB 



: 

 il I. Iik la, 6 



in 



1917, p . 



Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Islands; south of Cape Horn ; 99 i 

 Tin is clearly not coi with DiplatU mt brandt and The 



II abactinal spinelets with scattered pedicellariae not the absence of 



napicuous single or double Beri< - of Buperomarginal or plainly 



distinct from the abactinala; the inconspicuous intermarginal area or furrow; the 



crowded inferomarginal tronsverw of thnx 



this species from typical Dipli and ally ii to 



