Plate 55 



Figures 1, 2. Li ptasterias pusilla, Cypress Point, vicinity of Monterey Bay, alcoholic specimen, X3. 

 3, i, 5. Leptasterias aegualis forma nana, Monterey Bay, X3. 



6. Leptasterias aequalis forma aequalis, Cypress Point, vicinity of Monterey Bay. 



Female carrying young about ready to leave. Some are attached to the partly 

 everted stomach, X2. 



7. Leptasterias pusilla, Cypress Point, vicinity of Monterey Bay. Female carrying young 



in cluster over mouth, X2. 

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